West Side Story

1961 153 min ★ 7.2 Crime, Drama, Romance

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

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Cast

Natalie Wood

Maria

Richard Beymer

Tony

Russ Tamblyn

Riff

Rita Moreno

Anita

George Chakiris

Bernardo

Simon Oakland

Schrank

Ned Glass

Doc

William Bramley

Krupke

Tucker Smith

Ice

Tony Mordente

Action

Details

Director

Jerome Robbins

Screenplay

Ernest Lehman

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$43,700,000

Production

Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company, Robert Wise Productions

Reviews

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John Chard

May 9, 2020

★ 8/10

Why do you kids live like there's a war on? West Side Story is directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland and Ned Glass. Music is by Leonard Bernstein (lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) and cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp. In the less affluent areas of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a ...

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r96sk

March 23, 2022

★ 5/10

Not one for me. I did not enjoy 1961's <em>'West Side Story'</em>, unfortunately. I felt almost everything about it to be kinda crappy if I'm honest. For one I didn't feel any chemistry with the cast, with no standout performer in sight; and that's on top of the iffy casting itself. None of the music - aside from that one tiny bit of "Tonight" - hits and the story comes across as forced. The...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

April 11, 2024

★ 5/10

**An old musical with some hints of ethnic prejudice, and it didn't seem as good as I thought it would be.** This is one of those films that, honestly, I find difficult to understand. It is a production that brought to the cinema an interesting Broadway musical, which is still shown in several places today, and which tells a story similar to Romeo and Juliet in the context of youth gang wars in...