West Side Story poster
Director Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Writer Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents
Screenplay Ernest Lehman

West Side Story

Tagline: The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.

Release Date: 1961-12-13

Duration: 153 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Natalie Wood
    Maria
  • Rita Moreno
    Anita
  • John Astin
    Glad Hand (uncredited)
  • Richard Beymer
    Tony
  • Simon Oakland
    Lieutenant Schrank
  • Russ Tamblyn
    Riff
  • Penny Santon
    Madam Lucia (uncredited)
  • Elaine Joyce
    Hotsie, Tiger's Girlfriend (uncredited)
  • George Chakiris
    Bernardo
  • Ned Glass
    Doc