Cinematic background from West Side Story 1961 - 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.

West Side Story

1961

Crime, Drama, Musical

Directors:
Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
Writers:
Arthur Laurents, William Shakespeare, Ernest Lehman, Jerome Robbins
Official poster of West Side Story 1961 directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins