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The Prisoner of Second Avenue

...and you think you've got problems.

6.6/ 1019751h 38mPG

Comedy

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.

Directed by Melvin Frank

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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