West Side Story
Directed byRobert Wise
Jerome Robbins
Produced byRobert Wise
Screenplay byErnest Lehman
Based onWest Side Story
by Jerome Robbins
Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim
Arthur Laurents
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
StarringNatalie Wood
Richard Beymer
Rita Moreno
George Chakiris
Russ Tamblyn
Music byLeonard Bernstein
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
CinematographyDaniel L. Fapp
Edited byThomas Stanford
Production
company
The Mirisch Company
Seven Arts Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 18, 1961 (1961-10-18)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$44.1 million