The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975-03-14Mel 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.

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.

Mel Edison
Jack Lemmon

Edna Edison
Anne Bancroft

Harry Edison
Gene Saks

Pauline
Elizabeth Wilson

Pearl
Florence Stanley

Belle
Maxine Stuart

Man Upstairs
Ed Peck

Charlie
Gene Blakely

Psychiatrist
Ivor Francis

Detective
Stack Pierce

Woman Upstairs
Patricia Marshall
Helen
Dee Carroll

Unemployment Clerk
Ketty Lester

Doorman
M. Emmet Walsh

Taxi Driver
F. Murray Abraham

Mr. Cooperman
James McCallion
Bus Driver
Fat Thomas

Elevator Passenger
Arlen Stuart

Youth in Park
Sylvester Stallone
Wayne Morgan
Alan DeWitt
Man with Dog
Harry Ray
Man on Street (uncredited)
Lonnie Burr
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Eddie Garrett
NYU Student (uncredited)
Ben Lautman
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Dave Michaels

Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gary Owens

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
John Ritter

Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Norman Stevans

Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Turkel