Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963 · 102 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (54 votes)
Dir. Robert Mulligan · Starring Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi, Anne Hegira, Harvey Lembeck · Music Elmer Bernstein

There is a moment - a long moment - when everything is risked with the proper stranger

ComedyDramaRomance

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. When Angie becomes pregnant, she tracks down Rocky hoping he'll pay for her abortion.

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A poignant, bittersweet look at young love and difficult choices in 1960s New York. It's a tender, earnest drama that feels both deeply personal and universally relatable, capturing the anxieties and hopes of its characters with a gentle touch.

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