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West Side Story (1961)

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

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Wise
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    Maria Natalie Wood
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    Tony Richard Beymer
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    Riff Russ Tamblyn
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    Anita Rita Moreno
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    Bernardo George Chakiris
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    Lieutenant Schrank Simon Oakland
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    Doc Ned Glass
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    Ice Tucker Smith

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