Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 25, 1963

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. Rocky agrees to help, but after seeing the unsanitary abortion facility, he refuses to let Angie go through with the procedure and attempts to make her an honest woman.

Love with the Proper Stranger

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Dec. 25, 1963

Love with the Proper Stranger
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. Rocky agrees to help, but after seeing the unsanitary abortion facility, he refuses to let Angie go through with the procedure and attempts to make her an honest woman.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Paramount, Boardwalk Productions
Original title Love with the Proper Stranger
Directors Robert Mulligan
Writers Arnold Schulman

Cast

Natalie Wood

as Angie Rossini

Steve McQueen

as Rocky Papasano

Edie Adams

as Barbie

Herschel Bernardi

as Dominick Rossini

Anne Hegira

as Beetie

Harvey Lembeck

as Julio Rossini

Mario Badolati

as Elio Papasano

Penny Santon

as Mama Rossini

Elena Karam

as The Woman

Nina Varela

as Mrs. Columbo

E. Nick Alexander

as Guido Rossini

Marilyn Chris

as Gina

Augusta Ciolli

as Mrs. Papasano

Wolfe Barzell

as The Priest

Tom Bosley

as Anthony Columbo

Richard Dysart

as Accountant (uncredited)

Barney Martin

as Sidney (uncredited)

Richard Mulligan

as Louie (uncredited)

Vic Tayback

as Cye (uncredited)