Love with the Proper Stranger

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

Dec 25 1963 Approved 1h 42m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

Angie Rossini is an innocent Italian Catholic Macy's salesgirl, who discovers she's pregnant from a fling with Rocky, a musician. Angie finds Rocky (who doesn't remember her at first) to tell him she's pregnant and needs a doctor for an abortion. He finds her a doctor and they work together to raise the money. Can these two strangers find love with one another before it's too late?

Written by

Arnold Schulman

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount, Boardwalk Productions

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 11 nominations total

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7.2 out of 10
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