West Side Story (1961)
7.2|13 Dec, 1961|153 min
The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
7.2|13 Dec, 1961|153 min
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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.
Language
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue $43,700,000
English,
Español
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue $43,700,000
Keywords
new york city
immigrant
showdown
street gang
slum
love at first sight
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
Casts
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
Bert Michaels
Snowboy
David Bean
Tiger
Robert Banas
Joyboy
Scooter Teague
Big Deal
Harvey Evans
Mouthpiece
Tommy Abbott
Gee-Tar
Susan Oakes
Anybodys
Gina Trikonis
Graziella
Carole D'Andrea
Velma
Jose De Vega
Chino
Jay Norman
Pepe
Gus Trikonis
Indio
Eddie Verso
Juano
Jaime Rogers
Loco
Larry Roquemore
Rocco
Robert E. Thompson
Luis
Nick Navarro
Toro (as Nick Covacevich)
Rudy Del Campo
Del Campo
Andre Tayir
Chile
Yvonne Wilder
Consuelo (as Yvonne Othon)
Suzie Kaye
Rosalia
Nobuko Miyamoto
Francisca (as Joanne Miya)
Martin Abrahams
Kid on Bicycle (uncredited)
John Angelo
Dancer (uncredited)
John Astin
Glad Hand (uncredited)
Francesca Bellini
Debb, Snowboy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Jacqulin Cole
Dancer (uncredited)
Roy Goldman
Guest at Dance in the the Gym (uncredited)
Elaine Joyce
Hotsie, Tiger's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Priscilla Lopez
Child (uncredited)
Lou Ruggiero
Police Officer (uncredited)
Penny Santon
Madam Lucia (uncredited)
Pat Tribble
Minnie, Baby John's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Gary Troy
Dancer (uncredited)
Marni Nixon
Maria (Singing Voice) (uncredited)
Roxanne Tunis
Dancer (uncredited)
Crews
Ernest Lehman
Screenplay
Robert Wise
Producer
Jerome Robbins
Director
Robert Wise
Director
Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Alice Monte
Hairdresser
Jerome Robbins
Theatre Play
William Shakespeare
Original Story
Leonard Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
Johnny Green
Music Supervisor
Thomas Stanford
Editor
Boris Leven
Production Design
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Fred Lau
Sound
Johnny Green
Conductor
Howard Jeffrey
Other
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Tommy Abbott
Other
Gilbert D. Marchant
Sound Editor
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
Tony Mordente
Other
Irwin Kostal
Music Supervisor
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Marshall M. Borden
Assistant Editor
Jerome M. Siegel
Second Assistant Director
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Saul Chaplin
Associate Producer
Irwin Kostal
Orchestrator
Vinton Vernon
Sound
Maurice Zuberano
Production Artist
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Sid Ramin
Music Supervisor
Murray Spivack
Sound
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Robert E. Relyea
Assistant Director
Margaret Banks
Other
Sid Ramin
Orchestrator
Betty Walberg
Other
Bobby Tucker
Vocal Coach
Saul Chaplin
Music Supervisor
Saul Bass
Other
Bert Henrikson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Leonard Bernstein
Songs
Arthur Laurents
Musical
Stephen Sondheim
Lyricist
Stephen Sondheim
Theatre Play
Leonard Bernstein
Musical
Backdrops & Posters
