Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1963-12-25
Duration:102 min
Director:Robert Mulligan
Actors:Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Herschel Bernardi, Anne Hegira
Production:Paramount Pictures, Boardwalk Productions

Overview:

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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