West Side Story (1961)

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

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.

Rating

PG

Duration

147 min

Cast

Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer

Director

Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise