Editing Love with the Proper Stranger (section)

{{short description|1963 film by Robert Mulligan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Love with the Proper Stranger
| image          = Love With The Proper Stranger.jpeg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Robert Mulligan]]
| producer       = [[Alan J. Pakula]]
| writer         = [[Arnold Schulman]]
| starring       = [[Natalie Wood]] <br> [[Steve McQueen]]<br> [[Edie Adams]]<br> [[Herschel Bernardi]]<br>[[Tom Bosley]]
| music          = [[Elmer Bernstein]]
| cinematography = [[Milton R. Krasner]]
| editing        = [[Aaron Stell]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1963|12|25}}
| runtime        = 102 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $8.5 million
| gross          = $3.6 million (rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Pictures of 1964". ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. January 6, 1965. p. 39.</ref>
}}
'''''Love with the Proper Stranger''''' is a 1963 American [[Romance film|romantic]] [[drama]] film made by Pakula-Mulligan Productions and Boardwalk Productions and released by [[Paramount Pictures]].  It was directed by [[Robert Mulligan]] and produced by [[Alan J. Pakula]] from a screenplay by [[Arnold Schulman]].

The film stars [[Natalie Wood]], [[Steve McQueen]], [[Edie Adams]], [[Herschel Bernardi]] and [[Harvey Lembeck]]. The film also marked the screen debut of [[Tom Bosley]] and features a brief, uncredited appearance by the director's younger brother [[Richard Mulligan]], who later became a well-known television actor. The film received five [[Academy Award]] nominations including [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (for Wood). The film was shot in black and white. The film was not a hit.

The film addresses themes of abortion, norms of conventional marriage and adulthood.