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The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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

6.776 votes19751h 38mReleased

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.

Director: Melvin Frank
Released: 14 March 1975
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Jack Lemmon
Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft
Edna Edison
Gene Saks
Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
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Florence Stanley
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