West Side Story The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures. Release date: 1961-12-13 Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance Actors: Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, Marni Nixon, Priscilla Lopez, George Chakiris, Harvey Evans, William Bramley, John Astin, Scooter Teague, Yvonne Wilder, Roy Goldman, Ned Glass, Jacqulin Cole, Richard Beymer, Roxanne Tunis, Bert Michaels, Natalie Wood, Elaine Joyce, Martin Abrahams, Penny Santon, Francesca Bellini, Simon Oakland, Tucker Smith, Robert Banas, Lou Ruggiero, David Bean, Andre Tayir, Rudy Del Campo, Jose De Vega, Carole D'Andrea, Nobuko Miyamoto, Susan Oakes, Eddie Verso, Suzie Kaye, Eliot Feld, Gina Trikonis, John Angelo, Nick Navarro, Larry Roquemore, Pat Tribble, Jay Norman Direction: Gus Trikonis, Tony Mordente, Jaime Rogers Production: David Winters, Gary Troy Budget: $6,000,000Revenue: $43,700,000 Runtime: 2 h. 33 min. Score: 7.2/10 Votes: 1,947 Countries: United States of America Companies: Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company, United Artists Available* : Overview: 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.