West Side Story

• 7.256 Crime
• 1961-12-13
• 151 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Jerome Robbins Robert Wise

Writer:

Ernest Lehman Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents