...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.
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Classical in form, comic, effortless and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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“Is Jack Lemmon the best thing in The Prisoner of Second Avenue?”
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“Would The Prisoner of Second Avenue hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1975?”
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Cast
- Jack LemmonMel Edison
- Anne BancroftEdna Edison
- Gene SaksHarry Edison
- Elizabeth WilsonPauline
- Florence StanleyPearl
- Maxine StuartBelle
- Ed PeckMan Upstairs
- Gene BlakelyCharlie
- Ivor FrancisPsychiatrist
- Stack PierceDetective
Crew
- Melvin FrankDirector
- Neil SimonScreenplay
- Philip H. LathropDirector of Photography
- Marvin HamlischOriginal Music Composer
- Bob WymanEditor
- Melvin FrankProducer
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