The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975Comedy98 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Melvin Frank

    Director

  • Neil Simon

    Screenplay

  • Neil Simon

    Theatre Play

  • Philip H. Lathrop

    Director of Photography

  • Bob Wyman

    Editor

  • Jack Lemmon

    Mel Edison

  • Anne Bancroft

    Edna Edison

  • Gene Saks

    Harry Edison

  • Elizabeth Wilson

    Pauline

  • Florence Stanley

    Pearl

  • Maxine Stuart

    Belle

  • Ed Peck

    Man Upstairs

  • Gene Blakely

    Charlie

  • Ivor Francis

    Psychiatrist

  • Stack Pierce

    Detective

  • Patricia Marshall

    Woman Upstairs

  • Dee Carroll

    Helen

  • Ketty Lester

    Unemployment Clerk

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Doorman

  • F. Murray Abraham

    Taxi Driver

  • James McCallion

    Mr. Cooperman

  • Fat Thomas

    Bus Driver

  • Arlen Stuart

    Elevator Passenger

  • Sylvester Stallone

    Youth in Park

  • Alan DeWitt

    Wayne Morgan

  • Harry Ray

    Man with Dog

  • Lonnie Burr

    Man on Street (uncredited)

  • Eddie Garrett

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

  • Ben Lautman

    NYU Student (uncredited)

  • Dave Michaels

    Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

  • Gary Owens

    Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

  • John Ritter

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

  • Cosmo Sardo

    Subway Passenger (uncredited)

  • Norman Stevans

    Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

  • Joe Turkel

    Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    98 minutes

    Released

    1975-03-14

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    Sound

  • Marvin Hamlisch

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    297 days ago

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