The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
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- Bleak ending
- Sexual violence
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
34 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Natalie WoodMaria
- Richard BeymerTony
- Russ TamblynRiff
- Rita MorenoAnita
- George ChakirisBernardo
- Simon OaklandSchrank
- Ned GlassDoc
- William BramleyKrupke
- Tucker SmithIce
- Tony MordenteAction
Crew
- Jerome RobbinsDirector
- Robert WiseDirector
- Ernest LehmanScreenplay
- Daniel L. FappDirector of Photography
- Leonard BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas StanfordEditor
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
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