West Side Story (1961)

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NR | 2 hr 31 mins | Drama, Romance, Musical, Adaptation | Now Playing

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Synopsis:

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.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/18/1961

Director	Credit
Robert Wise	Director
Jerome Robbins	Director
Cast	Credit
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
Tucker Smith	Ice--a Jet
Tony Mordente	Action--a Jet
Eliot Feld	Baby John--a Jet
David Winters	A-Rab--a Jet
Bert Michaels	Snowboy--a Jet
David Bean	Tiger--a Jet
Robert Banas	Joyboy--a Jet
Scooter Teague	Big Deal--a Jet
Harvey Hornecker	Mouthpiece--a Jet
Tommy Abbott	Gee-Tar--a Jet
Susan Oakes	Anybodys--a Jet Girl
Gina Trikonis	Graziella--a Jet Girl
Carole D'Andrea	Velma--a Jet Girl
Jose DeVega	Chino--a Shark
Jay Norman	Pepe--a Shark
Gus Trikonis	Indio--a Shark
Eddie Verso	Juano--a Shark
Jaime Rogers	Loco--a Shark
Larry Roquemore	Rocco--a Shark
Robert Thompson	Luis--a Shark
Nick Covacevich	Toro--a Shark
Rudy Del Campo	Del Campo--a Shark
Andre Tayir	Chile--a Shark
Yvonne Othon	Consuelo--a Shark Girl
Suzie Kaye	Rosalia--a Shark Girl
Jo Anne Miya	Francisca--a Shark Girl
Production Credits	Credit
Saul Chaplin	Associate Producer
Robert Wise	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mirisch Pictures	Production Company
Seven Arts Productions	Production Company
Beta Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
United Artists Pictures Inc.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
New York, New York
Writer	Credit
Ernest Lehman	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Maurice Zuberano	Art Department - production artist
Boris Leven	Production Designer
Victor Gangelin	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Lynn Stalmaster - Toni Howard & Associates	Casting Agency casting
Lister Company	Casting Agency casting
Choreography	Credit
Jerome Robbins	Choreographer - choreography
Tommy Abbott	Choreographer - choreography assistant
Margaret Banks	Choreographer - choreography assistant
Howard Jeffrey	Choreographer - choreography assistant
Tony Mordente	Choreographer - choreography assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Linwood Dunn	Photography - photographic effects
Daniel L Fapp	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Richard Carruth	Music Editor
Leonard Bernstein	Song - songs
Stephen Sondheim	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
Sid Ramin	Orchestrations
Arthur Laurents	Music - from musical play
Johnny Green	Music Conductor
Irwin Kostal	Orchestrations
Leonard Bernstein	Music
Leonard Bernstein	Music - from musical play
Stephen Sondheim	Music - from musical play
Betty Walberg	Music - music assistant
Production Management	Credit
Robert Relyea	Assistant Director
Allen K Wood	Production Manager
Stanley Scheuer	Script Supervisor
Jerome M Siegel	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Gil Marchant	Sound Editor
Murray Spivack	Sound - sound recording
Fred Lau	Sound - sound recording
Vinton Vernon	Sound - sound rerecording
Visual Effects	Credit
Saul Bass	Titles - title design
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Irene Sharaff	Costume Designer
Emile Lavigne	Makeup
Alice Monte	Hair - hairstyles
Bert Henrikson	Wardrobe

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