"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."
Jack Lemmon
as Mel Edison
Anne Bancroft
as Edna Edison
Gene Saks
as Harry Edison
Elizabeth Wilson
as Pauline
Florence Stanley
as Pearl
Maxine Stuart
as Belle
Ed Peck
as Man Upstairs
Gene Blakely
as Charlie
Ivor Francis
as Psychiatrist
Stack Pierce
as Detective
Patricia Marshall
as Woman Upstairs
Dee Carroll
as Helen
Ketty Lester
as Unemployment Clerk
M. Emmet Walsh
as Doorman
F. Murray Abraham
as Taxi Driver
James McCallion
as Mr. Cooperman
Fat Thomas
as Bus Driver
Arlen Stuart
as Elevator Passenger
Sylvester Stallone
as Youth in Park
Alan DeWitt
as Wayne Morgan
Harry Ray
as Man with Dog
Lonnie Burr
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Eddie Garrett
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Ben Lautman
as NYU Student (uncredited)
Dave Michaels
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Gary Owens
John Ritter
Cosmo Sardo
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Norman Stevans
Joe Turkel
as Man Upstairs (voice) (uncredited)
John O. Young
Sound Effects Editor
Melvin Frank
Producer
Billie Owens
Ed Scheid
Arthur H. Pullen
Marvin March
Set Decoration
Randy Nite
Sound Editor
Neil Simon
Theatre Play
Director
Tommy Tedesco
Musician
Howard Roessel
First Assistant Director
Vinnie Gerardo
Assistant Camera
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Arnold Saint Subber
Other
Al Overton Sr.
Sound
Tex Rudloff
Dialogue Coach
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Lou Barlia
Camera Operator
Michael J. Harte
Wardrobe Supervisor
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Bruce Satterlee
Second Assistant Director
Gene Lauritzen
Construction Coordinator
Pete Candoli
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Screenplay
Jack C. Jacobsen
Sound Mixer
Donald Harris
Music Editor
Hal Klein
Unit Production Manager
Hope Williams
Script Supervisor
James Perdue
Sound Recordist
Thalia Phillips
Billy Mauch
Dialogue Editor
Marvin Hamlisch
Original Music Composer
Arthur Bloom
Boom Operator
Fred Williams
Makeup Artist
Joel Schumacher
Costume Design
Sherry Wilson
Hairdresser
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction
Bob Wyman
Editor