The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Comedy
...and you think you've got problems.
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.
1975-03-14
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Cast
Director
Melvin Frank
Jack Lemmon as Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft as Edna Edison
Gene Saks as Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson as Pauline
Florence Stanley as Pearl
Maxine Stuart as Belle
Ed Peck as Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely as Charlie
Ivor Francis as Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce as Detective
Patricia Marshall as Woman Upstairs
Ketty Lester as Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh as Doorman
F. Murray Abraham as Taxi Driver
James McCallion as Mr. Cooperman
Arlen Stuart as Elevator Passenger
Sylvester Stallone as Youth in Park
Gary Owens as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
John Ritter as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Joe Turkel as Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)