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| Mental Illness: Major Films 
| Title | Prisoner of Second Avenue, The (1975) | | Alternative/Original Title | | | Disability | Mental Nervous breakdown | | Country | USA | | Length | 105 | | Genre | Drama | | Rating | 3 | | Director | Melvin Frank
| | Cast | Jack Lemmon Anne Bancroft Gene Saks Elizabeth Wilson
| | Notes | Despite this film's pedigree and cast it really hasn't aged well. It's hot in New York city, no air conditioning and Jack Lemmon is whinging away, living on his nerves "losing control". His wife (Bancroft) couldn't be a more sympathetic listener. But when he loses his job and she gets a job in the theatre her own life opens up for her. The film clearly derives from a play and the director appears to recognise how boring this is as a film because he interrupts the narrative to show us brief shots of the 'outside' world even when they're irrelevant. Generally disappointing. From the play by Neil Simon
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