West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) (1961): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1961, West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) is a drama, crimen and romance film directed by Robert Wise, running about 151 minutes. “The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. En el barrio West Side de Nueva York, un barrio marginal, se disputan la hegemonía dos bandas callejeras: los Sharks portorriqueños y los Jets de europeos. El jefe de los primeros es Bernardo, que vive con su hermana María, quien acaba de llegar a Nueva York. Una noche, en un baile, coinciden los dos grupos y se desencadena una violenta pelea.

Who’s in it. West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) stars Natalie Wood as Maria, Richard Beymer as Tony, Russ Tamblyn as Riff and Rita Moreno as Anita, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.3/10, West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) has been warmly received by audiences. It went on to earn $43.7M at the box office.

Where to watch. In Estados Unidos you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch West Side Story (Amor sin barreras) page.

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