The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Release: 1975-03-14
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.7
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Cosmo Sardo
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
as Detective
Patricia Marshall
as Woman Upstairs
Jack Lemmon
as Mel Edison
John Ritter
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Gene Saks
as Harry Edison
Maxine Stuart
as Belle
James McCallion
as Mr. Cooperman
Sylvester Stallone
as Youth in Park
Ketty Lester
as Unemployment Clerk
Ivor Francis
as Psychiatrist
Arlen Stuart
as Elevator Passenger
Anne Bancroft
as Edna Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
as Pauline
M. Emmet Walsh
as Doorman
F. Murray Abraham
as Taxi Driver
Gary Owens
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Turkel
as Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)
Florence Stanley
as Pearl
Ed Peck
as Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely
as Charlie
