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MPAA Raing: PG
Director: Melvin Frank
Genres: Urban Comedy, Comedy
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Summary:
A lesser but still entertaining Neil Simon work, +The Prisoner of Second Avenue was adapted to film in 1974. Jack Lemmon takes over the role played on Broadway by Peter Falk: Mel is a New York-based advertising man who goes through hell when he loses his job. The gods seem to conspire against him as he tries to cope with his unemployed status; he is particularly depressed o... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jack Lemmon - (Mel)
Anne Bancroft - (Edna)
Gene Saks - (Harry)
Elizabeth Wilson - (Pauline)
Florence Stanley - (Pearl)
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Review:
The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a good film that frustratingly falls short of being a great film. Praise and blame both must go to Neil_Simon, whose screenplay adaptation of his hit play is responsible for much of what is good in the film but also for that which keeps it from really hitting the mark. The problem, of course, is that Simon ... Continue >>

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