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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.
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.
Neurotic middle-aged New Yorker Mel Edison (Jack Lemmon) is fired from his advertising job, forcing his loving wife, Edna (Anne Bancroft), to become the couple's sole breadwinner. Feeling...
A suddenly unemployed executive and his understanding wife must adapt to their new life.
Married couple Mel and Edna Edison are middle-aged, empty-nested, middle-class New Yorkers. Mel is slowly unraveling and he knows it. The company for whom he has worked for 22 years has hit difficult financial times, and he is only its latest casualty.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue is set in Manhattan during the early 1970s, a time of great turmoil for New York City as it struggled to deal with a fiscal crisis, high crime rates, and population loss.
