Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
The story
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.
- new york city
- immigrant
- showdown
- street gang
- slum
- love at first sight
- highway
- forbidden love
- musical
- based on play or musical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- George Chakiris — Bernardo
- Simon Oakland — Schrank
- Ned Glass — Doc
- William Bramley — Krupke
- Tucker Smith — Ice
- Tony Mordente — Action
- David Winters — A-rab
- Eliot Feld — Baby John
- Bert Michaels — Snowboy
- David Bean — Tiger
- Robert Banas — Joyboy
- Directed
- Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
- Written
- Ernest Lehman
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 2,055 ratings
- Studio
- Seven Arts Productions, The Mirisch Company, Robert Wise Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
