LOVE WITH A PROPER STRANGER- Gripping ABORTION Scene w/ NATALIE WOOD & STEVE MCQUEEN

The abortion scene in LOVE WITH A PROPER STRANGER (1963)- Natalie Wood's attempt to get a backroom abortion is aborted by Steve McQueen, in one of the most moving & frightening scenes dealing with the reality of abortion before Roe vs Wade. Wood was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar® for this film, directed by Robert Mulligan (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) and produced by Alan Pakula. No Copyright Infringement Intended.

[@jklein9823]

Backroom abortions like this are harrowing. I admire the Steve McQueen character for refusing Natalie Wood to go through with it. Great scene. Thanks for posting this.

[@moviemama100]

I will forever thank my mother for making me sit down and watch movies like this and Splendor in the Grass when I was a young girl. Acting is not of the same caliber anymore, sadly.

[@joycegibbs5267]

this film is completely ahead of it's time. One of my top 5 films of all time. It's just perfect to me. And what incredible acting by Natalie !!

[@voicegirl555]

This is my favorite film of Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen. The two are so terrific in this film. I love the ending with the banjo and standing in the street in front of Macys', and the way she is looking at him as if she can't believe her eyes. I wonder what the people thought when they were filming this. Natalie died 33 years ago today. What a lovely lady and good actress she was!

[@galemoorman5916]

+voicegirl555 Isn't that movie one of the greatest!

[@TheTsar1918]

Everyone, read my words: This needs to be on DVD...like yesterday. So far I can only find it on VHS or digital. Such a good film.

[@JuanFernandez-jr2wz]

The beautiful and talented Natalie Wood offers here one of the most dramatic scenes ever in movies.

[@dinahleeloo]

This scene makes me cry every time. Oh, that every young girl (or boy) in peril had a rescuer like this. Anyone who disliked probably never needed one.

[@dzanier]

It’s a very powerful scene.

[@VTMCompany]

For this scene alone, Natalie should have won the Oscar. Patricia Neal's win should have been in the supporting category instead of lead actress.

[@Frankenqueenie]

Just saw this movie on TCM and this scene was just so intense. It's terrifying to think about people not having access to safe abortions.

[@jasamkojajesam6108]

Thank God they don't

[@dzanier]

@@jasamkojajesam6108 I certainly don’t condone back room abortions, but you said ‘thank God they don’t.’ If you meant that literally, which is to say you believe in God, I have no clue what you were thinking, because if you think God condones abortions, legal or otherwise, I have no idea what God you believe in. NOTHING could be more antithetical to God than abortion. One of the biggest mistakes people make when discussing God is thinking he has changed in accordance with the times.

[@elenahingle699]

Babies never have safe access during any abortion!!! Putting baby for adoption is a much better solution!!!!

[@user-fs1gd6iy1u]

I'll never forget seeing this movie on television, as a boy, in the late 1960s and being gripped by this scene! I didn't know exactly what was going on but I knew something evil was going to be done to Angie. Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen were superb in this movie!

[@rmills3232]

The most powerful acting scene ive ever witnessed. I sob uncontrollably ever time. It has everything. The determined modern woman who yearns to be rescued. The beast of a man she turns into a prince. Ive known two women who have went through this: one turned bitter and cruel. The second took off from work as a memorial, by herself..for 20 yrs till i came along.

[@JuneLynn]

brilliant acting by Natalie and Steve McQueen....thank you for posting this gripping & moving scene.

[@JuneLynn]

I watched this again on TCM and this scene is so disturbing, as the person below me said....I knew someone who had a backroom abortion and almost died...just so tragic that some women had to experience this in the early days...great acting by Natalie and Steve McQueen ..............

[@jasamkojajesam6108]

Disgusting how thousands of poor babies die every year like this..

[@Js2557ty]

Malu Trevejo Lives It’s disgusting that people like you want to force women through pregnancy

[@despinak9720]

@mistermodified1 What if a girl gets pregnant by rape? Are you gonna say it’s her fault for getting pregnant and not the rapist’s? Whatever the situation, the choice is between a woman and her doctor not people like you who wanna force women/girls to carry a child. You’re the disgusting one.

[@JuneLynn]

It's disgusting that women no longer have a voice or control over their own bodies anymore : ((((((((((

[@kleeamd8274]

​@@JuneLynnit's disgusting that there are dozens of forms of birth control, & yet the majority of abortions are because the woman was just careless about birth control Sad that an innocent human life has to die because a woman can't keep her legs closed or is too lazy to remember to swallow a pill or spend $5 on a box of rubbers Disgusting an innocent baby has to die because it's an "inconvenience"

[@pokergalpoker]

This was when stars truly were "Hollywood royalty"...movies like these were true forms of art...today's up and coming film makers should go back in time!!!!

[@davevogelar9965]

I think this is a great movie two great actors

[@cynthiabrown9459]

Great movie she was the perfect actress for this movie

[@johnhummer265]

I've seen this movie many times in my life, n what I always wondered is what happened to all the money they gave these scoundrels to have this done, then backed out at the last moment, I guess they got ripped off big time!!

[@NewsHistorian]

Mulligan also directed "To Kill a Mockingbird" during this period. Two very hard hitting but also warm classics. Difficult to believe that this topic could be dealt with in 1963 with major stars. "Detective Story" in 1951 with Kirk Douglas explored this same topic. This film is not often cited by the pro-choice crowd because the protagonists choose life and the abortionists act like greedy gangsters.

[@jaibanks7151]

Joy Baher from the view Brought me here on 10/1/21. She mentioned this movie During the Hot Topics! ( All Love from oakland California)

[@kleeamd8274]

The fact that Joy-less Behar influenced you in any way is a testament to your lack of intellect😂

[@stellamal7088]

Please post the whole movie id love to see it were only getting clips

[@cookiesandmilk3207]

Brave, bold and fantastic.

[@MsHiflying]

Well, guess this is the future (present). 😢

[@kleeamd8274]

Cry more cause you can't kill an innocent baby with impunity🤣 Guess for simpletons like you, it's easier to kill a human life than it is to swallow a pill or use a dozen other forms of birth control available🙄

[@kleeamd8274]

What a sad world we live in.......that people actually mourn the ability to kill human life on a whim, simply because it's an "inconvenience" Sickening that a mother could think of a child as an "inconvenience" to be killed

[@susanb2015]

Nancy Reagan answered the question in 1994 Is she pro life or pro choice ? "I am pro life. But I am pro choice. I'm in the middle.

[@edwardjames50]

Even though she's wearing one of her traditionally clunky bracelets on her left wrist, beginning at 3:21, you can see the deformity.

[@paulprovost1684]

Your comment is a deformity.

[@julietteyork6293]

Usually they were careful to hide it, film around it and edit it out of scenes but in this case I assume they had to leave it in due to whatever constraints.

[@sarafstop32]

#WereNotGoingBack

[@jasamkojajesam6108]

Poor baby 😭 died before birth

[@Js2557ty]

The poor woman who had to resort to this

[@exaudi33]

This is Natalie at her finest. I wish she'd had more such roles. What actresses today have a voice like that? Wonderful actress and human being. May God rest her soul.

[@dzanier]

You’re so right. She was truly beautiful in every sense.