Love with the Proper Stranger
“There is a moment - a long moment - when everything is risked 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.
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Cast
25 people
Natalie Wood
Angie Rossini
Known for
West Side Story
Rebel Without a Cause
Steve McQueen
Rocky Papasano
Known for
The Great Escape
Papillon
Edie Adams
Barbie
Known for
Up in Smoke
The Apartment
Herschel Bernardi
Dominick Rossini
Known for
Irma la Douce
The Front
Anne Hegira
Beetie
Known for
The Arrangement
Harvey Lembeck
Julio Rossini
Known for
Stalag 17
Raid on Entebbe
Mario Badolati
Elio Papasano
Penny Santon
Mama Rossini
Known for
Short Circuit
Funny Girl
Elena Karam
The Woman
Known for
America America
F.I.S.T.
Virginia Vincent
Anna
Known for
The Hills Have Eyes
I Want to Live!
Nina Varela
Mrs. Columbo
Known for
You're a Big Boy Now
E. Nick Alexander
Guido Rossini
No other roles listed
Robert Mulligan Director · Arnold Schulman Writer Elmer Bernstein Composer
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $8.5M · United States release December 25, 1963
Box office
Budget
$8,500,000
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Boardwalk Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1963
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1965 · Theatrical
France
September 18, 1964 · Theatrical
August 28, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Classic
Portugal
April 29, 1964 · Theatrical
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