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Neurotic middle-aged New Yorker Mel Edison (Jack Lemmon) is fired from his advertising job, forcing his loving wife, Edna (Anne Bancroft), to become the couple's sole breadwinner. Feeling emasculated, he begins to fall into a depression. A summer heat wave, unthoughtful neighbors and a robbery only worsen matters. When Mel finally suffers a nervous breakdown, he relies on those closest to him, including Edna and his brother Harry (Gene Saks), to restore his sanity.
  • Rating:
    PG
  • Genre:
    drama, comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Melvin Frank
  • Producer:
    Melvin Frank
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  • Production Co:
    Warner Bros.

Cast & Crew

Jack Lemmon
Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft
Edna Edison
Gene Saks
Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
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Florence Stanley
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Maxine Stuart
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Gene Blakely
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Sylvester Stallone
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Melvin Frank
Director
Melvin Frank
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  • Apr 27, 2007
    Jack Lemmon is one consummate actor when it comes to falling apart on screen. Although this masquerades as a "comedy," there are flashes of his extraordinarily painful performance in <i>Days of Wine and Roses.</i> I'm not Neil Simon's greatest fan, but I give him credit here for blending the tragedy of Lemmon's mental breakdown with some very good humor. <p> I wonder if any marriage in the real world could withstand this kind of relationship intensity? I don't know.
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