The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a 1975 American comedy film directed and produced by Melvin Frank, starring Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft.

Plot
Neurotic middle-aged New Yorker Mel Edison (Jack Lemmon) is fired from his advertising job, forcing his loving wife, Edna (Anne Bancroft), to become the couple's sole breadwinner. Feeling emasculated, he begins to fall into a depression. A summer heat wave, unthoughtful neighbors and a robbery only worsen matters. When Mel finally suffers a nervous breakdown, he relies on those closest to him, including Edna and his brother Harry (Gene Saks), to restore his sanity.

Cast

 * Jack Lemmon as Mel Edison
 * Anne Bancroft as Edna Edison
 * Gene Saks as Harry Edison
 * Elizabeth Wilson as Pauline
 * Florence Stanley as Pearl
 * Maxine Stuart as Belle
 * Sylvester Stallone had a cameo as a Youth in Park