
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
Released
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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
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
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

Robert Wise
Director

Robert Wise
Producer

Jerome Robbins
Director

Ernest Lehman
Screenplay

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Alice Monte
Hairdresser

Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer

Jerome Robbins
Theatre Play

William Shakespeare
Original Story
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects

Leonard Bernstein
Original Music Composer

Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
Saul Chaplin
Associate Producer

Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography

Boris Leven
Production Design

Johnny Green
Conductor

Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Fred Lau
Sound
Saul Chaplin
Music Supervisor
Bert Henrikson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Vinton Vernon
Sound
Sid Ramin
Music Supervisor
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Murray Spivack
Sound
Bobby Tucker
Vocal Coach
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Betty Walberg
Other

Johnny Green
Music Supervisor

Saul Bass
Other
Gilbert D. Marchant
Sound Editor
Margaret Banks
Other
Thomas Stanford
Editor

Irwin Kostal
Orchestrator
Howard Jeffrey
Other
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Tony Mordente
Other

Saul Bass
Title Designer
Marshall M. Borden
Assistant Editor
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Maurice Zuberano
Production Artist
Robert E. Relyea
Assistant Director
Tommy Abbott
Other
Sid Ramin
Orchestrator

Irwin Kostal
Music Supervisor
Jerome M. Siegel
Second Assistant Director

Arthur Laurents
Musical

Leonard Bernstein
Songs

Arthur Laurents
Writer

Stephen Sondheim
Writer

Stephen Sondheim
Lyricist
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