Actors: Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Tom Bosley
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Love With The Proper Stranger
Angie Rossini, a Macy's salesclerk, finds out that she's pregnant and returns to the joint where she met Rocky Pompasano, the one-night stand who got her that way. Rocky, a jazz player, doesn't even remember her at first. Angie tells him that she's going to get an abortion and needs help with the finances. Rocky, a basically decent guy, agrees to do what he can, even asking his current girlfriend Barbie, a stripper, for a loan. On her side, Angie lives with her parents and brothers and hasn't told them the news yet. They want her to marry and settle down and try to set her up with a cook named Anthony.
Angie and Rocky pool enough money for the operation and Rocky escorts Angie to the secret meeting place, which is dingy and disreputable looking. They learn the abortionist isn't a doctor. Angie goes through the door, but after a minute, Rocky can't stand it and bursts in to protect Angie before anything is done and she cries in his arms. When she cleans up in his apartment, Barbie finds them out and breaks it off with Rocky.
Later, Angie's family is told of the pregnancy and naturally her brothers want to clobber Rocky, but he meets both them and her parents. Rocky makes up his mind to marry Angie and make an honest woman of her, but she refuses, wanting the real thing with "bells and whistles." Anthony hears of her trouble and shows his good soul by telling her he'll marry her and give the child his name. Angie is touched, but now she's made up her own mind. She moves out and gets her own apartment. One of her first guests is Rocky, who finds himself more and more attracted to Angie. He makes a pass, but Angie, wary of passion without meaning, cools him off. To properly woo Angie, Rocky comes up with a plan to play some bells and whistles of his own.
--Karen Law, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Love With The Proper Stranger
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- Unprepared for birthing/child rearing
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- salesman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
