The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) on Netflix
Mel Edison loses his job after twenty-two years. He and his wife Edna face a New York heat wave, a garbage strike and noisy neighbors in their Second Avenue apartment.
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Plot summary
Mel Edison has worked for the same company for twenty-two years when hard times hit and he is let go, leaving him unemployed in middle age. He and his wife Edna live on Second Avenue in Manhattan, on the fourteenth floor, where an intense summer heat wave and a garbage strike below their balcony make the apartment hard to bear. Noise from the street and from argumentative neighbors wears on Mel, and a daytime burglary adds to the strain. He hunts for work without success, and the failure feeds his depression. Edna decides to return to the workforce after twenty-two years as a mother and housewife.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
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- A 2010 West End revival at the Vaudeville Theatre starred Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl, and it marked Ruehl's London stage debut.
