

West Side Story (1961)
- NR
- 10/18/1961 (US)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- 2h 33m
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
Overview
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.
Robert Wise
DirectorJerome Robbins
DirectorErnest Lehman
ScreenplayArthur Laurents
WriterStephen Sondheim
WriterCast

Natalie Wood
Maria
Richard Beymer
Tony
Russ Tamblyn
Riff
Rita Moreno
Anita
George Chakiris
Bernardo
Simon Oakland
Lieutenant Schrank