West Side Story (1961)

Name: West Side Story
Released: 1961
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris

• Movies, Crime, Drama, Romance

• 153 min

7.3

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

Directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Casting: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Scooter Teague, Harvey Evans, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D'Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, Gus Trikonis, Eddie Verso, Jaime Rogers, Larry Roquemore, Robert E. Thompson, Nick Navarro, Rudy Del Campo, Andre Tayir, Yvonne Wilder, Suzie Kaye, Nobuko Miyamoto, Martin Abrahams, John Angelo, John Astin, Francesca Bellini, Jacqulin Cole, Roy Goldman, Elaine Joyce, Priscilla Lopez, Lou Ruggiero, Penny Santon, Pat Tribble, Gary Troy, Marni Nixon, Roxanne Tunis
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1961-12-13
Status: Released

Tags: 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

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.