The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Mel 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.

CAST

Jack LemmonMel Edison

Anne BancroftEdna Edison

Gene SaksHarry Edison

Elizabeth WilsonPauline

Florence StanleyPearl

Maxine StuartBelle

Ed PeckMan Upstairs

Gene BlakelyCharlie

Ivor FrancisPsychiatrist

Stack PierceDetective

Patricia MarshallWoman Upstairs

Dee CarrollHelen

Ketty LesterUnemployment Clerk

M. Emmet WalshDoorman

F. Murray AbrahamTaxi Driver