West Side Story

Modern day "Romeo and Juliet" about a Polish teen from one gang who falls for a Puerto Rican girl whose brother is from a rival gang, and no one wants them to be together, all happening on the streets of a New York City ghetto.

Directed by
Jerome Robbins
Robert Wise

Cast
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
John Astin - Glad Hand--a Social Worker
Penny Santon - Madam Lucia

Production Co.
Mirisch Pictures
Seven Arts Productions
Beta Productions

Produced by
Robert Wise
Saul Chaplin

Studio
United Artists Films

Writer
Ernest Lehman

Music
Leonard Bernstein