Title West Side Story Overview 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 kids, one from each rival gang, fall in love leading to tragedy. Tagline The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures Genres Crime, Drama, Music Keywords slum, street gang, love at first sight, showdown, puerto rican, immigrant, highway, forbidden love, musical, rivalry, feud, interracial relationship, sondheim, attempted rape, policeman, based on stage musical, obsessive love, lifting female in air, young love, modern day adaptation, shakespeare in modern dress Production Companies United Artists, Seven Arts, Mirisch Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 152 Release Year 1961
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 44 million USD