14 Mar 1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
The Church Mouse
When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
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Laura La Plante Betty
Ian Hunter Johnathan Steele
Edward Chapman Wormwood
Jane Carr Sylvia
Clifford Heatherley Sir Oswald Bottomley
John Batten Geoffrey Steele
Gibb McLaughlin Thomas Stubbings (uncredited)
Florence Wood Betty's Mother (uncredited)
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