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.
Direction
Wise and Robbins fused cinema and stage ballet like nobody before or since.
Cinematography
Those neon-soaked NYC streets? Pure visual ecstasy.
Score
Bernstein's music ages like fine wine laced with adrenaline.
Director
Robert Wise
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jerome Robbins directed the musical numbers but was fired before completion for going wildly over budget. Robert Wise finished the dramatic scenes alone.
The 2021 Spielberg remake explicitly cast Latino actors and gave 'America' to the Sharks instead of mocking them — a direct correction of this film's complicated legacy.
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