West Side Story
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
1961 • NR • 2h 33m
7.3/10
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Overview
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers call In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.
7.3/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
Natalie Wood Maria 
Richard Beymer Tony 
Russ Tamblyn Riff 
Rita Moreno Anita 
George Chakiris Bernardo 
Simon Oakland Lieutenant Schrank 
Ned Glass Doc 
William Bramley Officer Krupke 
Tucker Smith Ice Tony Mordente Action 
David Winters A-Rab 
Eliot Feld Baby John 
Bert Michaels Snowboy David Bean Tiger Robert Banas Joyboy 
Ernest Lehman Screenplay 
Robert Wise Producer 
Jerome Robbins Director Robert Wise Director 
Walter Mirisch Executive Producer 
Lynn Stalmaster Casting Alice Monte Hairdresser Jerome Robbins Theatre Play 
William Shakespeare Original Story 
Leonard Bernstein Original Music Composer Linwood G. Dunn Visual Effects 
Johnny Green Music Supervisor Thomas Stanford Editor 
Boris Leven Production Design Richard Carruth Music Editor
Natalie Wood Maria Richard Beymer Tony Russ Tamblyn Riff Rita Moreno Anita George Chakiris Bernardo Simon Oakland Lieutenant Schrank Ned Glass Doc William Bramley Officer Krupke Tucker Smith Ice Tony Mordente Action David Winters A-Rab Eliot Feld Baby John Bert Michaels Snowboy David Bean Tiger Robert Banas Joyboy Ernest Lehman Screenplay Robert Wise Producer Jerome Robbins Director Robert Wise Director Walter Mirisch Executive Producer Lynn Stalmaster Casting Alice Monte Hairdresser Jerome Robbins Theatre Play William Shakespeare Original Story Leonard Bernstein Original Music Composer Linwood G. Dunn Visual Effects Johnny Green Music Supervisor Thomas Stanford Editor Boris Leven Production Design Richard Carruth Music Editor 
Keywords
immigrant showdown street gang slum love at first sight puerto rico highway forbidden love musical based on play or musical rivalry feud interracial relationship tragic love attempted rape policeman obsessive love lifting female in air young love modern day adaptation shakespeare in modern dress romeo & juliet romantic tragic
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