The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) (DVD) (*)

$26.99

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1975 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Melvin Frank

Written By:
Neil Simon

Actors:
Jack Lemmon ..... Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft ..... Edna Edison
Gene Saks ..... Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson ..... Pauline
Florence Stanley ..... Pearl
Maxine Stuart ..... Belle
Ed Peck ..... Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely ..... Charlie
Ivor Francis ..... Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce ..... Detective
Patricia Marshall ..... Woman Upstairs
Dee Carroll ..... Helen
Ketty Lester ..... Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh ..... Doorman
F. Murray Abraham ..... Taxi Driver

Synopsis:

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. Mel loses his job, the apartment is robbed, Edna gets a job, Mel loses his mind, Edna loses her job... to say nothing of the more minor tribulations of nosy neighbors, helpful relatives and exact bus fares. The couple suffers indignity after indignity (some self-inflicted) and when they seem on the verge of surrender, they thumb their noses defiantly and dig the trenches for battle.

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 emasculated, he begins to fall into a depression. A summer heat wave, unthoughtful neighbors and a robbery only worsen matters. When Mel finally suffers a nervous breakdown, he relies on those closest to him, including Edna and his brother Harry (Gene Saks), to restore his sanity.

A suddenly unemployed ex-executive suffers a nervous breakdown.

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