Love with the Proper Stranger

"Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963) — watch online on iFILM — is Robert Mulligan's romantic drama starring Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen, shot on location in New York City.

Angie Rossini (Wood) works a department store counter and lives under the close watch of her Italian-American family. One night with musician Rocky Papasano (McQueen) left her pregnant. She tracks him down not for a ring but for help paying a doctor. Rocky is cornered, then unexpectedly decent, and the two spend the film working through a situation neither of them wanted — which turns into something neither of them planned.

Wood's Oscar-nominated performance is built almost entirely from what she holds back. McQueen matches her without his usual star-voltage. Mulligan filmed in actual Manhattan markets and streets, and that texture makes every scene feel grounded. Stream "Love with the Proper Stranger" (1963) online on iFILM.