The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) on DVD

Actor: Jack Lemmon; Anne Bancroft; Gene Saks; Elizabeth Wilson; Florence Stanley; Maxine Stuart; Ed Peck; Gene Blakely; Ivor Francis; Stack Pierce; M. Emmet Walsh; F. Murray Abraham
Director: Melvin Frank
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1975
Studio: Warner Bros.
Length: 98
Released: 05/14/2019
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc/Special Features: NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Forty-eight-year-old Manhattanite Mel Edison just lost his job. Soon he'll lose his wardrobe, temper, self-respect and maybe his mind. In urban life's grueling guerrilla war, Mel just became The Prisoner of Second Avenue. Adapting his 1971 stage hit, Neil Simon develops Mel's anxiety-ridden plight with razor-edged empathy -- and deliciously clever gags. Academy Award winners* Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are in top form as Mel and his loving wife Edna, skillfully melding zany farce with the bittersweet agony of middle-class people whose wall-to-wall carpeting has suddenly been yanked out from under them. Keep a sharp eye out for alleged pickpocket Sylvester Stallone and cabbie F. Murray Abraham in early career roles.