The Prisoner of Second Avenue [SEP] cast member
film version of "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" stars Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft and Gene Saks. It was produced and directed by Melvin Frank from a screenplay by Simon. The music is by Marvin Hamlisch. Sylvester Stallone appears in a brief role as a suspected mugger of Jack Lemmon's character.
Reception.
A. H. Weiler of "The New York Times" wrote that if the film "is less than an overpowering study of a married couple driven to distraction by the irritations and indignities of local middle-
Nichols to play a small role in his film "The Day of the Dolphin" starring George C. Scott. She recreated her role in the film version of "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1975), and was again cast by Nichols for "The Fortune" (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. She went on to appear in the television series "Joe and Sons" for CBS in 1975; that same year "Barney Miller" producer Danny Arnold cast Stanley as Bernice Fish