The Prisoner of Second Avenue
...and you think you've got problems.
Film19751h 38m
Comedy
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- Director
- Melvin Frank
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1975-03-14
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
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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.
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