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English. The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a 1975 American black comedy film written by Neil Simon, directed and produced by Melvin Frank and starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft. Neil Simon adapted the screenplay from his 1971 Broadway play.
- Melvin Frank
- Marvin Hamlisch
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue, 1971 play, by Neil Simon
May 5, 1975 · The Prisoner of Second Avenue: Directed by Melvin Frank. With Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson. A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
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- Comedy
- Melvin Frank
- 1975-05-05
Rent The Prisoner of Second Avenue on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Neurotic middle-aged New Yorker Mel Edison (Jack Lemmon) is fired from his...
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- Melvin Frank
- PG
- Jack Lemmon
May 27, 2008 · The film adaptation of Neil Simon's seriocomic stage opus The Prisoner Of Second Avenue (1975) has recently made its way to DVD courtesy of Warner Home Video. Thirty-odd years ago, when this tale of a Manhattanite's crushing battle with mid-life angst had its Broadway run, it was hailed as a worthy effort by the noted farceur to tackle more ...
- Melvin Frank
- Jack Lemmon
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Synopsis. Edna and Mel are a struggling, middle-aged couple living in New York City. Mel has just lost his job, the walls of their apartment are much too thin, and the city is in the middle of a heat wave. Their troubles escalate when Mel suffers a nervous breakdown.
Summaries. A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack. The story of Mel and Edna ( Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft ), a middle-class, middle-aged, middle-happy couple living in a Manhattan high rise apartment building.
