The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975Mel 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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Jack Lemmon
as Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft
as Edna Edison
Gene Saks
as Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
as Pauline
Florence Stanley
as Pearl
Maxine Stuart
as Belle
Ed Peck
as Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely
as Charlie
Ivor Francis
as Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce
as Detective
Patricia Marshall
as Woman Upstairs
Dee Carroll
as Helen
Ketty Lester
as Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh
as Doorman
F. Murray Abraham
as Taxi Driver
James McCallion
as Mr. Cooperman
Fat Thomas
as Bus Driver
Arlen Stuart
as Elevator Passenger
Sylvester Stallone
as Youth in Park
Alan DeWitt
as Wayne Morgan
Harry Ray
as Man with Dog
Lonnie Burr
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Eddie Garrett
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Ben Lautman
as NYU Student (uncredited)
Dave Michaels
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gary Owens
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
John Ritter
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Joe Turkel
as Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)