
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
...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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About The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- Directors
- Melvin Frank
- Cast
- Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley, Maxine Stuart
- Genres
- Comedy
- Content rating
- PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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