🎬 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) is a comedy-drama that follows Mel Edison, a middle-aged advertising executive living in New York City whose life begins to unravel after he loses his job. Played by Jack Lemmon, Mel represents the stress and frustration of an ordinary man overwhelmed by modern urban life. As he struggles with unemployment, rising noise, crime, and the feeling that society no longer values him, his behavior becomes increasingly paranoid and angry. The film uses humor to sh