Love with the Proper Stranger

1963 · directed by Robert Mulligan

Rating

75/100

Hit

no

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.

Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), directed by Robert Mulligan, rates 75/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Natalie Wood
• Steve McQueen
• Edie Adams
• Herschel Bernardi
• Anne Hegira
• Harvey Lembeck
• Mario Badolati
• Penny Santon
• Elena Karam
• Virginia Vincent

Crew

• Milton Krasner — Director of Photography
• Aaron Stell — Editor
• Elmer Bernstein — Original Music Composer
• Arnold Schulman — Writer

More from Robert Mulligan

1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — 96/100 · hit
2. The Man in the Moon (1991) — 77/100
3. Come September (1961) — 75/100
4. The Other (1972) — 70/100
5. Summer of '42 (1971) — 69/100
6. Same Time, Next Year (1978) — 57/100

How these numbers work: Methodology