Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

Caught in the confines of her Italian-American family and the suffocating norms of society, Angie Rossini, a diligent salesgirl at Macy's, yearns for the resounding "bells and banjos" of romantic love. Struggling against the currents of her overbearing brothers and a well-meaning but uninspiring suitor, Anthony Columbo, Angie decides to cast off her shackles in one defiant act - a passionate one-night stand with the enigmatic and womanizing jazz trumpeter, Rocky Papasano. Rocky, a man who escaped from a repressively similar background to Angie's, lives a life distanced from his roots. He rarely visits his family, tucked away in the Bowery, to avoid the painful reminders of the joyless marital lives he witnessed growing up. With their paths fatefully intertwined, Angie tracks down Rocky with life-altering news: she is pregnant with his child. Against a backdrop of forgotten memories and looming responsibilities, Rocky decides to assist Angie, not with parental duties, but in her desperate search for a doctor to terminate the pregnancy. As they weave their path through this tumultuous journey, their fleeting connection grows into something deeper. Amid the chaos of their predicament, they begin to peel back the layers of each other's personas, discovering the good, the bad, and the profoundly human. As time runs short, and their lives become increasingly entangled, can these two strangers navigate their way through a storm of uncertainty and find love before it's too late? This tale of Angie and Rocky is not just a story of an unexpected pregnancy, but a testament to the power of unexpected connections and the surprising turns life can take.

Love with the Proper Stranger is a comedy movie featuring Natalie Wood.

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