There are two irreconcilable gangs in the slums of western Manhattan, the Rockets, led by White River, and the Sharks, led by Bernardo, a Puerto Rican. The two gangs hate each other and often fight and cause trouble. At a West side dance, the two gangs dance with each other. Reeve's friend Tony (Richard Bemel Richard Beymer) and Bernardo's sister Maria (Natalie Wood Natalie Wood) fall in love at first sight. After Bernardo discovered their admiration, he forcibly let his men take away his sister. At night, Tony stood at Maria's window and called to her, and the two fell in love firmly. The next day, Maria heard that the Sharks were going to fight the Rockets, so she asked Tony to stop it. Tony hurried to the scene to try to stop the fight. In the chaos, his good friend River was killed. He killed Bernardo in self-defense. This plunged Maria into conflict and pain. She endured scolding and insults from her family, but she couldn't let go of Tony. Bernardo's friend looked for Tony with a gun to settle accounts. Maria, who heard the news, hurried to report the news, but the tragedy happened before her. ...
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