After a one-night stand, demure Natalie Wood gets pregnant and jazz musician Steve McQueen does one of those wonderful, trademark double-takes when she tells him the news. This is a fresh and very touching drama, set against the religious and staunch family traditions of New York's Italian community. Even when the script begins to run out of ideas - you can only have so many "will she have an abortion?" scenes - the gorgeous Wood and McQueen have more than enough charisma to fill the screen without saying a single word.

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.