The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

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- 67/100 based on 3,716 votes
  • Released: 1975
  • Runtime: 98 mins
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  • Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Genres: Comedy

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 surren... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Prisoner of Second Avenue:

Jack Lemmon
Anne Bancroft
Gene Saks
Elizabeth Wilson
Florence Stanley
Maxine Stuart

Full Plot Details

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.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Dennis SchwartzAt its best, it's a second rate Death of a Salesman.
User Review - 10/10 by Robert Fthis is the beset movie ever! jack lemmon and anne brancroft did te best job ever too and this movie isnt bad at all. if you like green acres youll like this movie. you have to watch it againt hoguh becaues you miss stuff the first time.
User Review - 10/10 by Lee MThis movie is just soooooooooo funny, because it's sooooooooo true!
User Review - 10/10 by Nathan HThe best Jack Lemmon movie I have ever seen. The story is great and the events that happen are even better, but what makes this movie a ten is the hilarious dialogue from both Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft. Then to top it off, one of the greatest endings for a comedy EVER!
User Review - 10/10 by Suveera AExcellent comedic drama play, beautifully enacted by Lemmon and Bancroft in THE sizzling best film dialogue ever heard on film. An added plus bonus: A pre-Rocky Sylvester Stallone makes a deliciously short appearance in the film as well as F. Murray Abraham. Watch and see if you can recognize them!
User Review - 10/10 by Kalle ROne of the top 20 movies of all time. A drama played out in an apartment on Manhattan, NYC. Great acting throughout and a clever script with shades of hope strewn out in places. Massively forgotten and underrated, unfortunately.
User Review - 10/10 by Private UThis has got to be one of the best dialogue-based films I've seen. The interplay between Jack Lemon and Anne Bancroft is perfect, and the timing is spot on.
User Review - 10/10 by flora cGo keep someone in Europe awake! I've seen it probably 20 times and still crack up.
User Review - 8/10 by Justin DJack Lemmon is one consummate actor when it comes to falling apart on screen. Although this masquerades as a "comedy," there are flashes of his extraordinarily painful performance in Days of Wine and Roses. I'm not Neil Simon's greatest fan, but I give him credit here for blending the tragedy of Lemmon's mental breakdown with some very good humor. I wonder if any marriage in the real world could withstand this kind of relationship intensity? I don't know.
User Review - 8/10 by Lanning :Jack Lemmon is one consummate actor when it comes to falling apart on screen. Although this masquerades as a "comedy," there are flashes of his extraordinarily painful performance in Days of Wine and Roses. I'm not Neil Simon's greatest fan, but I give him credit here for blending the tragedy of Lemmon's mental breakdown with some very good humor. I wonder if any marriage in the real world could withstand this kind of relationship intensity? I don't know.

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