The Prisoner of Second Avenue

• Jack Lemmon: Mel Edison
• Anne Bancroft: Edna Edison
• Gene Saks: Harry Edison
• Elizabeth Wilson: Pauline
• Florence Stanley: Pearl
• Maxine Stuart: Belle
• Ed Peck: neighbor

The nerve bundle is an American comedy film directed by Melvin Frank from the year 1975. The script was written by Neil Simon based on his stage play.

Action

Mel Edison is an employee of an advertising agency and lives with his wife Edna in the 14th floor of a building in Manhattan. He suffers from the daily hassles about the noise that penetrates through the walls too thin. He is annoyed using the air conditioner, which is so cold that it freezes even in bed, and he opens a window blaring traffic noise and the stench of the street in.. One day he loses his job and his wife conceal this. He is secretly looking for a job, and it was not until shortly after the apartment is robbed, Mel lets the cat out of the bag. Then Edna returns to her old job back in a film company to provide for them. Now Mel is alone all day. He becomes a nervous wreck and slowly begins manic behavior to be applied to the day. Even the dedicated Edna psychiatrist can not help Mel.

Famous small actor

Sylvester Stallone has mistakenly suspected a cameo appearance as a young man whom Mel as pickpocket. F. Murray Abraham appears in a scene as a taxi driver. Character actor M. Emmet Walsh plays a small role as a porter.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film ruled 1995: " A macabre and vicious comedy, prefabricated Food and negative neighborhood contacts settles with the unnaturalness of modern life, his stress, his high-rise apartments with noise and smell. As of panic in the nervous breakdown driven man Jack Lemmon offers a tragicomic tour de force. "

Publication data

• Cinema Premiere: May 30, 1975
• Purchase video: January 1, 1998