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The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975Rating6.7· 98 minComedy

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

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Cast & Crew

  • Jack Lemmon

    Jack Lemmon

    Mel Edison

  • Anne Bancroft

    Anne Bancroft

    Edna Edison

  • Gene Saks

    Gene Saks

    Harry Edison

  • Elizabeth Wilson

    Elizabeth Wilson

    Pauline

  • Florence Stanley

    Florence Stanley

    Pearl

  • Maxine Stuart

    Maxine Stuart

    Belle

  • Ed Peck

    Ed Peck

    Man Upstairs

  • Gene Blakely

    Gene Blakely

    Charlie

  • Ivor Francis

    Ivor Francis

    Psychiatrist

  • Stack Pierce

    Stack Pierce

    Detective

  • Patricia Marshall

    Patricia Marshall

    Woman Upstairs

  • Dee Carroll

    Helen

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