Watch NowWest Side Story (1961)
PG
27/02/1962 (GB)
Crime, Drama, Romance
2h 33m
- 72% (1917 votes)
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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.
- Jerome RobbinsDirector
- Robert WiseDirector
- Arthur LaurentsWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$43,700,000
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
Top Billed Cast
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
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