“The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.”
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.
Robert Wise
Robert Wise
Ernest Lehman
Daniel L. Fapp
Leonard Bernstein
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
David Winters
A-Rab
Eliot Feld
Baby John
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John Chard
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...
r96sk
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 m...
Filipe Manuel Neto
**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 pl...
Maria Sings 'I Feel Pretty' in West Side Story (1961) | TCM
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The Sharks Perform "America" in West Side Story | TCM
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Rita Moreno | 34th Oscars Best Supporting Actress | Behind the Oscars Speech
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Dance at the Gym from WEST SIDE STORY | Mad About Musicals | TCM
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'West Side Story' | Oscar Winner Tom Hanks on the First Movie That Made Him Feel Seen
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Natalie Wood on Making WEST SIDE STORY | Spotlight Cinema
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