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Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (1975, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft)

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An adaptation by Simon of his Broadway hit. An ad executive (Jack Lemmon) loses confidence in himself and the future when he’s handed his pink slip. In addition he and wife Anne Bancroft suffer New York indignities including apartment break-ins. Occasionally funny, but with plenty of dark moments. Stallone and F. Murray Abraham have early small roles.

Neil Simon’s favorite theatrical director, Gene Saks, appears in the role of Mel’s brother Harry in The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Saks directed a number of films adapted from Simon plays, including The Odd Couple (1968).

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USA | 98 minutes | 1975

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Producer and Director: Melvin Frank
Director of Photography: Philip Lathrop
Editing: Bob Wyman
Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Script: Neil Simon
Art Direction: Preston Ames

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Jack Lemmon as Mel Edison
Elizabeth Wilson as Pauline
Florence Stanley as Pearl
Anne Bancroft as Edna Edison
Ivor Francis as Psychiatrist
Ed Peck as Man Upstairs
Gene Saks as Harry Edison
Maxine Stuart as Belle
Gene Blakely as Charlie
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
Sylvester Stallone as Youth in park


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