The Prisoner Of Second Avenue

Movie · Classics · Comedy

Academy Award winners Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft star as a pair of disgruntled New Yorkers in the film version of Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning play in which a recently unemployed executive must subsist on his understanding wife's salary as his tenuous hold on sanity begins to unravel. Will his tough hide be enough to get him through the endless assault of minor annoyances in this humorous homage to modern urban life? M. Emmet Walsh, F. Murray Abraham, and Sylvester Stallone play small roles.

1975 · 1h 45m
Director Melvin Frank

Trailers

Related

Cast & Crew

About

The Prisoner Of Second Avenue

Classics

Academy Award winners Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft star as a pair of disgruntled New Yorkers in the film version of Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning play in which a recently unemployed executive must subsist on his understanding wife's salary as his tenuous hold on sanity begins to unravel. Will his tough hide be enough to get him through the endless assault of minor annoyances in this humorous homage to modern urban life? M. Emmet Walsh, F. Murray Abraham, and Sylvester Stallone play small roles.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.8
Reviews 52
Fresh 27
Rotten 25

Information

Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1975
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
PG For Not Recommended Children Under 15; May Contain Material Which Some Children Find Confusing Or Upsetting.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1975 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), French (France)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.