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The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Director: Melvin Frank
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A promising opening, with Lemmon pitting his nervous energy against a New York heat wave. But a glance at the credits gives rise to a stifling feeling of over-familiarity: director from A Touch of Class, author (Neil Simon) of numerous well-oiled Broadway hits, guest actor (Saks) better known for directing film versions of those hits. It all adds up to one of those wisecracking comedies that move smoothly and predictably through set pieces dwelling on the frustrations of urban life and the toll exacted on Lemmon and Bancroft's middle class marriage. At least it confirms Anne Bancroft's latent talent for comedy, but otherwise there's little more than routine jokes like the day in the country, the relations, the buckets of water, the burglary, the TV dinners, and the glib touches of sentimentality that warn you the ending's coming up.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: Melvin Frank
Producer: Melvin Frank
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Elizabeth Wilson, Florence Stanley, Maxine Stuart, Ed Peck, Sylvester Stallone full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 105 mins
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