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.

"There is a moment - a long moment - when everything is risked with the proper stranger"

Credits

Robert MulliganDirector

Natalie WoodAngie Rossini

Steve McQueenRocky Papasano

Edie AdamsBarbie

Herschel BernardiDominick Rossini