West Side Story Script - Dialogue Transcript

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West Side Story Script

  
  

 
                   
Watch this shot now.
Shoot, man. Go.

 
                   
Yeah.

 
                   
Hey, chickie.
Chick, chick, chick.

 
                   
Watch it, Jet boy.
Hey, Jet boy.

 
                   
Beat it!

 
                   
Jets, get out here.

 
                   
Come on.

 
                   
Beat it.

  
                   
Okay, here we go.

  
                   
Jets! Hey, Jets!

  
                   
Hey, Jets!

  
                   
Jets, come on!

  
                   
Jets, come on.

  
                   
Come on, boys, huh?

  
                   
Hey, come on, huh?

  
                   
Break it up, you punks.

  
                   
Cut it out. Come on,
let's break it up, l said.

  
                   
Come on. Break it up.

  
                   
How many times have l told you punks
to cut this stuff out?

  
                   
Why, if it ain't
Lieutenant Schrank.

  
                   
- Top o' the day, Lieutenant Schrank.
- And Officer Krupke.

  
                   
Top o' the day,
Officer Krupke.

  
                   
- l'll give you the top o' the head.
- Hey, you, get down.

  
                   
- But we're havin' such fun.
- We enjoy the playground.

  
                   
See, it keeps us deprived children
off of the foul city streets.

  
                   
- Shut up.
- Born like we was on the hot pavements.

  
                   
- You wanna get your skull broke?
- Baby John, come here.

  
                   
All right.

  
                   
Now, which one of
these Puerto Ricans bloodied you?

  
                   
- Well, sir--
- Which one?

  
                   
Excuse me, sir.

  
                   
As a matter of fact,
we suspicion...

  
                   
- that the job was done by a cop.
- Two cops.

  
                   
- At the very least.
- lmpossible.

  
                   
ln America,
nothing is impossible.

  
                   
All right, wise guys.

  
                   
You listen to me...

  
                   
all of ya.

  
                   
You hoodlums
don't own these streets...

  
                   
and l've had all the roughhouse
l'm gonna put up with around here.

  
                   
You wanna kill each other?
Kill each other.

  
                   
But you ain't gonna do it
on my beat.

  
                   
- Are there any questions?
- Yes, sir.

  
                   
Would you mind
translating that into Spanish?

  
                   
Get your friends
out of here, Bernardo...

  
                   
and stay out.

  
                   
Please.

  
                   
Okay, Sharks.

  
                   
Boy, oh, boy, as if this neighborhood
wasn't crummy enough.

  
                   
Now, look, fellas.
Fellas?

  
                   
Look, let's be reasonable.

  
                   
lf l don't get a little
law and order around here...

  
                   
l get busted down
to a traffic corner...

  
                   
and your friend
don't like traffic corners.

  
                   
So that means you're gonna start
makin' nice with the P.R.s from now on.

  
                   
l said nice, get it?

  
                   
'Cause if you don't...

  
                   
and l catch any of you doin'
any more brawlin' in my territory...

  
                   
l'm gonna personally beat the living
crud out of every one of you...

  
                   
and see that you go to the can
and rot there.

  
                   
Say good-bye
to the nice boys, Krupke.

  
                   
Good-bye, boys.

  
                   
Jail? Gee.

  
                   
- You hoodlums don't own the streets.
- Go play in the park.

  
                   
- Keep off of the grass.
- Get out of the house.

  
                   
- Keep off the block.
- Keep off the world.

  
                   
A gang that don't own the street
is nothin'.

  
                   
- That's it.
- We do own it!

  
                   
Jets, round out.

  
                   
Not you, Anybodys.
Beat it.

  
                   
Riff, you gotta
let me in the gang.

  
                   
Didn't you just see me?
l was smash.

  
                   
l'm a killer.
l wanna fight.

  
                   
How else is she gonna
get a guy to touch her?

  
                   
- You dirty rat!
- The road, little girl, the road.

  
                   
Beat it.

  
                   
Okay, come on.

  
                   
Now listen.

  
                   
We fought hard for this turf,
and we ain't just gonna give it up.

  
                   
The Emeralds claimed it,
and we shut 'em out.

  
                   
The Hawks tried to take it away,
and we knocked 'em down the cellar.

  
                   
- Yeah, but these P.R.s are different.
- They multiply.

  
                   
- They keep comin'.
- Like cockroaches.

  
                   
- They're eatin' all the food.
- They're breathin' all the air.

  
                   
Help! l'm drowning in tamale.

  
                   
You heard what
Lieutenant Schrank said.

  
                   
We gotta make nice
with them Puerto Ricans, or else.

  
                   
Are we gonna let 'em move in
and take it all away from us, or else?

  
                   
You're damn right no.

  
                   
What are we gonna do,
huh, buddy boys?

  
                   
l'll tell you what we're gonna do.
We're gonna speed fast.

  
                   
We're gonna move like lightnin'...

  
                   
and we're gonna clean
them Sharks up once and for all...

  
                   
so they ain't never gonna set foot
on our turf again.

  
                   
And we're gonna do it
in one all-out fight.

  
                   
- A rumble!
- Now, cool, Action boy.

  
                   
The Sharks want a piece
of this world too.

  
                   
They're real down boys.

   
                   
They might ask for blades,
zip guns.

   
                   
Zip guns? Well, gee.

   
                   
l ain't finalizin' and sayin'
they will, Baby John.

   
                   
l'm just sayin' that they might.

   
                   
And we gotta be prepared.

   
                   
Now, what's your mood, Jets?

   
                   
l say go, go!

   
                   
- l say mix.
- l say sock 'em.

   
                   
- Tear 'em.
- Yeah.

   
                   
- But if they say blades or guns?
- l say let's forget the whole thing.

   
                   
- What?
- What do you say, Riff?

   
                   
l say this turf is small...

   
                   
but it's all we got, huh?

   
                   
l want to hold it like
we always held it-- with skin.

   
                   
But if they say blades,
l say blades.

   
                   
lf they say guns,
l say guns.

   
                   
l say l want the Jets
to be the number one...

   
                   
to sail, to hold the sky!

   
                   
Then rev us off!

   
                   
Okay, cats, we rumble.

   
                   
Protocality calls for a war council
between us and the Sharks...

   
                   
to set the whole thing up.

   
                   
l will personally give
the bad news to Bernardo.

   
                   
- You gotta take a lieutenant with you.
- That's me.

   
                   
- That's Tony.
- Who needs Tony?

   
                   
We need Tony. He's got a rep
that's bigger than the whole west side.

   
                   
- He don't belong no more.
- Now, cut it, Action.

   
                   
- Me and Tony started the Jets.
- So where is he?

   
                   
How come he takes
a lousy, stinkin' job?

   
                   
- Youth board corrupted him.
- Yeah, temporary sickness.

   
                   
-Wait and see.
-Man, the day we clobbered the Emeralds.

   
                   
- He saved my ever-lovin' neck.
- Sure, he'll do it again too.

   
                   
He always came through for us,
and he always will.

   
                   
When you're a Jet
you're a Jet all the way

   
                   
From your first cigarette
to your last dying day

   
                   
When you're a Jet
let them do what they can

   
                   
You've got brothers around
You're a family man

   
                   
You're never alone

   
                   
You're never disconnected

   
                   
You're home with your own
When company's expected

   
                   
You're well protected

   
                   
Then you are set
with a capital "J"

   
                   
Which you'll never forget
till they cart you away

   
                   
When you're a Jet
you stay

   
                   
A Jet

   
                   
l know Tony like l know me.

   
                   
- l guarantee you can count him in.
- ln, out. Let's get crackin'.

   
                   
- Where you gonna find Bernardo?
- lt ain't safe to go in P.R. territory.

   
                   
- He'll be at the dance at the gym.
- But the gym's neutral territory.

   
                   
A-rab, l'm gonna make nice with 'em.
l'm only gonna challenge 'em.

   
                   
- Great, Daddy-O.
- So listen.

   
                   
Everybody dress up sweet and sharp.
Meet Tony and me at the dance at   :  .

   
                   
- And walk tall.
- We always walk tall.

   
                   
- We're Jets.
- The greatest.

   
                   
When you're a Jet
you're the top cat in town

   
                   
You're the gold-medal kid
with the heavyweight crown

   
                   
When you're a Jet
you're the swingingest thing

   
                   
Little boy, you're a man
Little man, you're a king

   
                   
The Jets are in gear
Our cylinders are clickin'

   
                   
The Sharks'll steer clear

   
                   
'Cause every Puerto Rican's
a lousy chicken

   
                   
Here come the Jets
like a bat out of hell

   
                   
Someone gets in our way
someone don't feel so well

   
                   
Here come the Jets
Little world, step aside

   
                   
Better go underground
Better run, better hide

   
                   
We're drawin' the line
so keep your noses hidden

   
                   
We're hangin' a sign
says "Visitors Forbidden"

   
                   
And we ain't kiddin'

   
                   
Here come the Jets, yeah
and we're gonna beat

   
                   
Every last buggin' gang
on the whole buggin' street

   
                   
On the whole buggin'

   
                   
Ever-lovin' street

   
                   
Yeah!

   
                   
- Tony, you're not even listenin'.
- l read you loud and clear, Riff.

   
                   
Then why don't you say somethin'?

   
                   
l don't want to hurt your feelings.
You're my buddy, my pal, my best friend.

   
                   
Womb to tomb?

   
                   
Birth to earth.

   
                   
That's why you gotta come to the dance
tonight and stand up with me.

   
                   
Come on, Tony, just say yes.

   
                   
Did you ever stop to figure how many
bubbles there are in one bottle of soda?

   
                   
Tony, this is important.

   
                   
Everything's important, Riff.

   
                   
You, me,
the sweet guy l work for.

   
                   
The Sharks walk bad.
They bite hard.

   
                   
lf we don't stop 'em now,
we're gonna never--

   
                   
- Work for a living.
- How do you like that, huh?

   
                   
Four-and-a-half years l live
with a buddy and his family.

   
                   
l think l'm diggin'
a guy's character.

   
                   
Boy, am l a victim
of disappointment in you.

   
                   
End your sufferin', little man.

   
                   
Why don't you just pack up your gear
and move out?

   
                   
'Cause your ma's hot for me.

   
                   
lt's 'cause l hate livin'
with my buggin' uncle.

   
                   
- Come on!
- Uncle! Uncle!

   
                   
Go play games with the Jets.

   
                   
Why not?
They're the greatest.

   
                   
Ain't they?

   
                   
Were.

   
                   
You found somethin' better?

   
                   
Not yet, but--

   
                   
But what?

   
                   
You won't dig it, Riff.

   
                   
So try me.

   
                   
Come on, Tony. Try me.

   
                   
Okay.

   
                   
Every single night
for the last month...

   
                   
l wake up,
and l'm reachin' out.

   
                   
Well, for what?

   
                   
l don't know.

   
                   
A dame?

   
                   
lt's right outside the door,
just around the corner...

   
                   
but it's comin'.

   
                   
What is?

   
                   
l don't know.

   
                   
lt's like the kick l used to get
from bein' a Jet.

   
                   
Well, now you're talkin'.

   
                   
Man, without a gang,
you're an orphan.

   
                   
With a gang, you walk
in twos, threes, fours.

   
                   
When your crew is the best,
when you're a Jet...

   
                   
you're out in the sun, buddy boy,
you're home, free home.

   
                   
Riff, l've had it.

   
                   
Tony, look at me, will ya?
Come on, look at me.

   
                   
l'm lookin' at you.

   
                   
l never asked the time of day
from a clock, did l?

   
                   
l never asked nothin' from nobody.

   
                   
But l'm askin' you,
come to the dance tonight.

   
                   
l promised Doc l'd clean up
the store tonight.

   
                   
Then do it after the dance.

   
                   
Tony, l already told the guys
you'd be there.

   
                   
lf you don't show,
l'll be marked lousy.

   
                   
- What time did you tell 'em?
-   :  .

   
                   
For me, Tony. For Riff.

   
                   
-   :   it is.
- Womb to tomb?

   
                   
Birth to earth,
and l'll live to regret this.

   
                   
Who knows? Maybe what you're waitin' for
will be twitchin' at the dance tonight.

   
                   
Who knows?

   
                   
Could be

   
                   
Who knows

   
                   
There's something due any day
l will know right away

   
                   
Soon as it shows

   
                   
lt may come cannonballin' down
through the sky, gleam in its eye

   
                   
Bright as a rose

   
                   
Who knows

   
                   
lt's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach

   
                   
Under a tree

   
                   
l got a feelin' there's a miracle due
gonna come true

   
                   
Comin' to me

   
                   
Could it be
Yes, it could

   
                   
Something's comin'
something good

   
                   
lf l can wait

   
                   
Something's comin'
l don't know what it is

   
                   
But it is gonna be great

   
                   
With a click
with a shock

   
                   
Phone will jingle
door will knock

   
                   
Open the latch

   
                   
Something's comin'
Don't know when, but it's soon

   
                   
Catch the moon
One-handed catch

   
                   
Around the corner

   
                   
Or whistlin' down the river

   
                   
Come on, deliver

   
                   
To me

   
                   
Will it be
Yes, it will

   
                   
Maybe just by holdin' still

   
                   
lt'll be there

   
                   
Come on, somethin'
Come on in, don't be shy

   
                   
Meet a guy
Pull up a chair

   
                   
The air is hummin'

   
                   
And somethin' great

   
                   
ls comin'

   
                   
lt's only just out of reach
Down the block, on a beach

   
                   
Maybe tonight

   
                   
Por favor, Anita.
You are my friend.

   
                   
- Stop it, Maria.
- You must make the neck lower.

   
                   
You must stop heckling me. We are
working on our time, not the old lady's.

   
                   
One inch. How much
can one little inch do?

   
                   
Too much.

   
                   
Anita, it is now to be a dress
for dancing, no longer for praying.

   
                   
Listen, with those boys, you can
start out dancing and end up praying.

   
                   
One little inch.

   
                   
Bernardo made me promise.

   
                   
One month have l been in this country.
Do l ever even touch excitement?

   
                   
l sew in this place all day.
l sit at home all night.

   
                   
For what did my brother
bring me here?

   
                   
To marry Chino.

   
                   
When l look at Chino,
nothing happens.

   
                   
What do you expect to happen?

   
                   
l don't know. Something.

   
                   
What happens when you
look at Bernardo?

   
                   
lt's when l don't look
that it happens.

   
                   
l think l will tell
Mama and Papa...

   
                   
about you and Nardo
in the balcony of the movies.

   
                   
- l will rip this to shreds!
- No.

   
                   
But if you could perhaps manage
to lower the neck.

   
                   
Next year.

   
                   
- l hate that dress!
- Then don't wear it.

   
                   
Don't come to the dance
with us tonight.

   
                   
Don't come?

   
                   
- Could we not dye it red, at least?
- No, we could not.

   
                   
White is for babies.

   
                   
l will be the only one there
in a white--

   
                   
lt is a beautiful dress.

   
                   
l love you!

   
                   
- Are you ready, ladies?
- Nardo, come in.

   
                   
ls it not beautiful?

   
                   
Yes. Very.

   
                   
l didn't quite hear.

   
                   
Very beautiful.

   
                   
Come in, Chino.
Do not be afraid.

   
                   
But this is a shop for ladies.

   
                   
We won't bite you
till we know you better.

   
                   
You will keep both eyes on Maria
tonight in case l cannot.

   
                   
- You too, Anita.
- My brother is a silly watchdog.

   
                   
My sister is a precious jewel.

   
                   
What am l, cut glass?

   
                   
Nardo, it is most important that l have
a wonderful time at the dance tonight.

   
                   
lt is?

   
                   
Because tonight is
the real beginning of my life...

   
                   
as a young lady of America.

   
                   
Get out of here.

   
                   
Come on, guys.

   
                   
- Hey, look what l got.
- Hi, Consuelo.

   
                   
Maria, these are some of my friends
you have not met.

   
                   
- Hey, pick up.
- How are you?

   
                   
This is Loco.

   
                   
Teresita.

   
                   
- My sister Maria.
- Good evening.

   
                   
And this is Luis Arruza.

   
                   
Rosalia, hi.

   
                   
All right, boys and girls.

   
                   
Attention, please.

   
                   
- Come here.
- Okay, let's get on with it.

   
                   
My, this is a fine turnout
we have here tonight.

   
                   
Hey, it's all for you, Glad Hand.

   
                   
l know all of you
boys and girls are here...

   
                   
because you want to
make new friends...

   
                   
and get closer to old ones.

   
                   
So tonight...

   
                   
kids, we're gonna do
something special.

   
                   
We're gonna have
a get-together dance.

   
                   
Ginger-peachy!

   
                   
All right. Now, kids.

   
                   
l want you to form two circles.

   
                   
- How many?
- Two. Boys on the outside.

   
                   
- Girls on the inside.
- Hey, where are you?

   
                   
All right.

   
                   
When the music stops...

   
                   
each boy dances with
whichever girl is opposite.

   
                   
Okay?

   
                   
Two circles, kids.

   
                   
Well, it won't hurt you to try.

   
                   
Ooh, it hurts, it hurts.

   
                   
Snowboy.

   
                   
That's it, kids.
Keep the ball rolling.

   
                   
Around she goes,
and where she stops...

   
                   
nobody knows.

   
                   
Here we go.

   
                   
Boys to my right,
and girls to my left.

   
                   
- Mambo!
- Mambo!

   
                   
Go!

   
                   
You're not thinkin'
l'm someone else?

   
                   
l know you are not.

   
                   
Or that we met before?

   
                   
l know we have not.

   
                   
l felt...

   
                   
l knew something never before
was going to happen...

   
                   
had to happen,
but this is so much more.

   
                   
My hands are cold.

   
                   
Yours too.

   
                   
So warm.

   
                   
So beautiful.

   
                   
Beautiful.

   
                   
lt's so much to believe.

   
                   
You're not makin' a joke.

   
                   
l have not yet learned
how to joke that way.

   
                   
l think now l never will.

   
                   
Get your hands off, American!

   
                   
- Stay away from my sister.
- Sister?

   
                   
- Couldn't you see he's one of them?
- No, l saw only him.

   
                   
There's only one thing they want
from a Puerto Rican girl.

   
                   
- That's a lie.
- Later, Tony.

   
                   
Don't listen to them.

   
                   
She will listen to her brother
before she listens to you.

   
                   
- lf you two want to settle this--
- Please, boys!

   
                   
Everything was going so well.
We're all here to have a good time.

   
                   
Come here a second.
l want to talk to you.

   
                   
Take her out of here.
We're going home.

   
                   
- lt is my first dance.
- Please, we are family. Now, go.

   
                   
Come, Maria.

   
                   
- l don't want you.
- l want you though.

   
                   
l want you for a war council.
Jets and Sharks.

   
                   
- The pleasure is mine.
- Let's go outside.

   
                   
l would not leave the ladies alone
with your kind around.

   
                   
We will meet you at midnight.

   
                   
- Doc's candy store?
- Mm-hmm.

   
                   
And no jazz before then.

   
                   
l understand the rules...

   
                   
native boy.

   
                   
lce.

   
                   
Doc's at midnight.
Spread the word.

   
                   
Right, Daddy-O.

   
                   
The most beautiful sound
l ever heard

   
                   
Maria

   
                   
All the beautiful sounds
of the world

   
                   
ln a single word

   
                   
l just met a girl named Maria

   
                   
And suddenly that name

   
                   
Will never be the same to me

   
                   
l just kissed a girl
named Maria

   
                   
And suddenly l found

   
                   
How wonderful a sound can be

   
                   
Say it loud
and there's music playing

   
                   
Say it soft

   
                   
And it's almost like praying

   
                   
l'll never stop saying

   
                   
Say it loud
and there's music playing

   
                   
Say it soft

   
                   
And it's almost like praying

   
                   
l'll never stop saying

   
                   
The most beautiful sound

   
                   
l ever heard

   
                   
Now, l do not say these things
to spoil your evening...

   
                   
or to hear myself talk.

   
                   
l am here longer than you.

   
                   
Someday when you are an old
married woman with five children...

   
                   
then you can tell me what to do,
but now it is the other way around.

   
                   
Now go to bed.

   
                   
He's the old married woman.

   
                   
You know, she has a mother,
also a father.

   
                   
They do not know this country
any better than she does.

   
                   
You do not know it at all.

   
                   
Girls here are free to have fun.
She is in America now.

   
                   
Puerto Rico is in America now.

   
                   
Sometimes l don't know
which is thicker--

   
                   
your skull or your accent.

   
                   
- Let them wait.
- ls Maria all right?

   
                   
- l should be so all right.
- lt will not happen again.

   
                   
Pepe, lndio.

   
                   
- After tonight, things will be settled.
- First settle your stomach.

   
                   
Never mind my stomach.

   
                   
Well, l mind your nose
and your head broken.

   
                   
- Broken?
- Sure.

   
                   
They use Maria for an excuse
to start World War lll.

   
                   
lt is more than that.

   
                   
More than what?
She was only dancing.

   
                   
With an American
who is really a Polack.

   
                   
Says the spic.

   
                   
You are not so cute.

   
                   
- That Tony is.
- And he works.

   
                   
A delivery boy.

   
                   
- And what are you?
- An assistant.

   
                   
And Chino makes half
of what the Polack makes.

   
                   
- The Polack is an American.
- Here comes the whole commercial.

   
                   
Your mother's a Pole.
Your father's a Swede.

   
                   
But you were born here.
That's all that you need.

   
                   
You are an American.
But us?

   
                   
Foreigners!

   
                   
Lice. Cockroaches.

   
                   
But it's true.

   
                   
When l think about how l thought
it would be for us here.

   
                   
We came like children,
believing, trusting.

   
                   
With our hearts open.

   
                   
With our arms open.

   
                   
You came with your mouth open.

   
                   
You did, spic, and you'll
go back in handcuffs.

   
                   
l'm going back in a Cadillac.

   
                   
- Air-conditioned.
- Built-in bar.

   
                   
- Telephone.
- Television.

   
                   
Compatible color.

   
                   
lf you had all that here, why would you
want to go back to Puerto Rico?

   
                   
Even if you didn't have all that here,
why would you want to go back?

   
                   
lt's so good here?

   
                   
lt's so good there?
We had nothing.

   
                   
Ah, we still have nothing,
only more expensive.

   
                   
Anita Josephina...

   
                   
- Beatriz del Carmen Margarita.
- lt's plain Anita now.

   
                   
- Et cetera.
- Leave me alone. At least l--

   
                   
Once an immigrant,
always an immigrant.

   
                   
Hey, look, instead of a shampoo,
she's been brainwashed.

   
                   
- Stop it.
- She's given up Puerto Rico.

   
                   
Now she's queer for Uncle Sam.

   
                   
Oh, no. That's not true.

   
                   
Puerto Rico

   
                   
My heart's devotion

   
                   
Let it sink back

   
                   
ln the ocean

   
                   
Always the hurricanes blowing

   
                   
Always the population growing

   
                   
And the money owing

   
                   
And the sunlight streaming

   
                   
And the natives steaming

   
                   
l like the island Manhattan

   
                   
l know you do.

   
                   
Smoke on your pipe

   
                   
And put that in

   
                   
l like to be in America

   
                   
Okay by me in America

   
                   
Everything free in America

   
                   
For a small fee in America

   
                   
Buying on credit is so nice

   
                   
One look at us
and they charge twice

   
                   
l have my own washing machine

   
                   
What will you have though
to keep clean

   
                   
Skyscrapers bloom in America

   
                   
Cadillacs zoom in America

   
                   
lndustry boom in America

   
                   
Twelve in a room in America

   
                   
Lots of new housing
with more space

   
                   
Lots of doors slamming
in our face

   
                   
l'll get a terrace apartment

   
                   
Better get rid of your accent

   
                   
Life can be bright in America

   
                   
lf you can fight in America

   
                   
Life is all right in America

   
                   
lf you're all white in America

   
                   
La-la-la, la-la, America

   
                   
Here you are free
and you have pride

   
                   
Long as you stay
on your own side

   
                   
Free to be anything
you choose

   
                   
Free to wait tables
and shine shoes

   
                   
Everywhere grime in America

   
                   
Organized crime in America

   
                   
Terrible time in America

   
                   
You forget l'm in America

   
                   
l think l go back
to San Juan

   
                   
l know a boat you can get on
Bye-bye!

   
                   
Everyone there
will give big cheer

   
                   
Everyone there
will have moved here

   
                   
Come on! Hey, Chino.

   
                   
What are you doing?

   
                   
- Meet me on the roof later.
- Meet me on the roof later.

   
                   
- Well, will you or won't you?
- Well, will you or won't you?

   
                   
Well, will you?

   
                   
You have your big,
important war council.

   
                   
The council or me?

   
                   
First one...

   
                   
and then the other.

   
                   
l'm an American girl now.

   
                   
l don't wait.

   
                   
Back home,
women know their place.

   
                   
Back home, little boys
don't have war councils.

   
                   
But they do here.

   
                   
You want me to be
an American, don't you?

   
                   
lmmigrant!

   
                   
Good night, Maria.

   
                   
Good night.

   
                   
Quiet!

   
                   
Come down.

   
                   
Please. My mother
and father will wake up.

   
                   
Just for a minute.

   
                   
A minute is not enough.

   
                   
- For an hour then.
- l cannot.

   
                   
Then forever!
Then l'm comin' up.

   
                   
Now see what you've done.

   
                   
lt is dangerous.
lf Bernardo knew--

   
                   
We'll let him know.
l'm not one of 'em, Maria.

   
                   
But you are not one of us,
and l am not one of you.

   
                   
- To me you're all the beautiful--
- Maruca.

   
                   
His pet name for me.

   
                   
l like him,
and he will like me.

   
                   
He is like Bernardo-- afraid.

   
                   
lmagine being afraid of you.

   
                   
- You see?
- l see you.

   
                   
Oh, Maria, see only me.

   
                   
Only you

   
                   
You're the only thing
l'll see forever

   
                   
ln my eyes, in my words
and in everything l do

   
                   
Nothing else but you ever

   
                   
And there's nothing for me but Maria

   
                   
Every sight that l see is Maria

   
                   
Tony, Tony

   
                   
Always you
Every thought l'll ever know

   
                   
Everywhere l go
you'll be

   
                   
All the world
is only you and me

   
                   
Tonight, tonight

   
                   
lt all began tonight

   
                   
l saw you
and the world went away

   
                   
There's only you tonight

   
                   
What you are
What you do

   
                   
What you say

   
                   
Today

   
                   
All day l had the feeling

   
                   
A miracle would happen

   
                   
l know now l was right

   
                   
For here you are

   
                   
And what was just a world

   
                   
ls a star tonight

   
                   
The world is full of light

   
                   
With suns and moons
all over the place

   
                   
The world is wild and bright

   
                   
Going mad
Shooting sparks into space

   
                   
Today the world
was just an address

   
                   
A place for me to live in

   
                   
No better than all right

   
                   
But here you are

   
                   
And what was just a world

   
                   
ls a star tonight

   
                   
l cannot stay.
Go quickly.

   
                   
- l'm not afraid.
- Please.

   
                   
Good night.

   
                   
l love you.

   
                   
Yes.

   
                   
Yes, hurry.

   
                   
- When will l see you?
- Tomorrow.

   
                   
l work at the bridal shop
across the street-- Madam Lucia's.

   
                   
- l'll come there.
- At closing time,  :  .

   
                   
When you come,
use the back door.

   
                   
What does "Tony" stand for?

   
                   
Anton.

   
                   
Good night

   
                   
Sleep well
and when you dream

   
                   
Dream of me

   
                   
Tonight

   
                   
- Where the devil are them Sharks?
- Maybe they're too chicken to show.

   
                   
We got time, A-rab.
Riff and lce ain't even here yet.

   
                   
- Come on, come on.
- He don't use a switchblade.

   
                   
- He don't even use an atomic ray gun.
- Who don't?

   
                   
Captain Marvel.
Gee, l love him.

   
                   
So marry him!

   
                   
l ain't never gonna get married.
Too noisy.

   
                   
You ain't never gonna get married.
Too ugly.

   
                   
Down goes a teenage hoodlum.

   
                   
Gee, could a real zip gun
make you do like that?

   
                   
l know what a zip gun could make you do.
You better wear diapers.

   
                   
Go walk the streets
like your sister.

   
                   
Listen, jail bait. l licked you twice,
and l can do it again!

   
                   
Come on, Anybodys,
knock it off.

   
                   
- Riff's here.
- Jets all present and accounted for?

   
                   
l'm proud of ya.
Ya done good at the dance.

   
                   
- So where are they?
- Unwind, Action!

   
                   
- Any sign of Tony?
- The lnvisible Man.

   
                   
What do you think
the Sharks are gonna ask for?

   
                   
- Mercy.
- Just rubber hoses maybe.

   
                   
- Relax, little man.
- You tell him, Daddy-O.

   
                   
- l'm ready.
- Easy. Cool.

   
                   
Riff, in a tight spot,
you gonna need every man you can get.

   
                   
An American tragedy.

   
                   
Look. When the Sharks come,
you chicks cut out.

   
                   
We might,
and then again, we might not.

   
                   
This ain't kid stuff, Graziella.

   
                   
l and Velma ain't
kid stuff, neither.

   
                   
- Are we, Vel?
- No, thank you.

   
                   
And you can punctuate it.

   
                   
What are we poopin' around
with dumb broads?

   
                   
l and Velma ain't dumb.

   
                   
The bulls!

   
                   
- Hey, you.
- Hey, who?

   
                   
- Who? Me?
- Her?

   
                   
Top o' the evening,
Officer Krupke.

   
                   
You!

   
                   
- Me, sir?
- Yeah, you.

   
                   
- Didn't you hear me?
- Yes, sir.

   
                   
l got twenty-twenty hearin'.

   
                   
-Then why didn't you answer me?
-His mother told him not to answer cops.

   
                   
- Wise apple, you want me to run you in?
- lndeed not, sir.

   
                   
l oughta run
all you punks in.

   
                   
What are you standin'
around here for?

   
                   
You see, sir,
we're afraid to go home.

   
                   
Such a bad environment.

   
                   
- We don't get no love there.
- Oh, it's awful.

   
                   
lf you don't leave us
stay out in the streets...

   
                   
we liable to turn into
a bunch of juvenile delinquents.

   
                   
l know you guys was cookin' up
somethin' at the dance tonight...

   
                   
so don't think you're gonna
put nothin' over on me.

   
                   
Sergeant, come on.
We got a   -  .

   
                   
Now go on, get a move on,
all of you.

   
                   
Don't let me catch none of you
around here when l get back.

   
                   
l'll see you around now.

   
                   
- You forgot to say good-bye.
- Them headbusters ain't got no manners.

   
                   
Don't let me catch none of you
around here when l get back.

   
                   
- They treat us like we ain't human.
- He was pretty mad, huh?

   
                   
So what happened?
A big fat nothin', right?

   
                   
Yeah, but suppose he comes back while us
and the Sharks are havin' a war council?

   
                   
We'll snow him some more.

   
                   
Them cops believe everything they read
in the papers about us cruddy J.D.'s...

   
                   
so we give 'em
somethin' to believe in.

   
                   
Hey, you!

   
                   
- Who, me, Officer Krupke?
- Yeah, you!

   
                   
Give me one good reason for not draggin'
ya down to the station house, ya punk!

   
                   
Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke

   
                   
Ya gotta understand

   
                   
lt's just our bringin' up-ke
that gets out outta hand

   
                   
Our mothers all are junkies
Our fathers all are drunks

   
                   
Golly Moses
Naturally we're punks

   
                   
Gee, Officer Krupke
We're very upset

   
                   
We never had the love
that every child oughta get

   
                   
We ain't no delinquents
We're misunderstood

   
                   
- Deep down inside us there is good
- There is good

   
                   
There is good, there is good
There is untapped good

   
                   
Like inside
the worst of us is good

   
                   
- That's a touchin' good story!
- Let me tell it to the world!

   
                   
Just tell it to the judge!

   
                   
Dear kindly Judge
Your Honor

   
                   
My parents treat me rough

   
                   
With all their marijuana
they won't give me a puff

   
                   
They didn't wanna have me
But somehow l was had

   
                   
Leapin' lizards
That's why l'm so bad

   
                   
Right! Officer Krupke
you're really a square

   
                   
This boy don't need a judge
He needs an analyst's care

   
                   
lt's just his neurosis
that oughta be curbed

   
                   
- He's psychologically disturbed
- l'm disturbed

   
                   
We're disturbed, we're disturbed
We're the most disturbed

   
                   
Like we're psychologically disturbed

   
                   
Hear ye! Hear ye!

   
                   
ln the opinion of this court,
this child is depraved...

   
                   
on account he ain't had
a normal home.

   
                   
Hey, l'm depraved
on account l'm deprived!

   
                   
So take him to a headshrinker.
You!

   
                   
Who, me?

   
                   
My daddy beats my mommy
My mommy clobbers me

   
                   
My grandpa is a commie
My grandma pushes tea

   
                   
My sister wears a mustache
My brother wears a dress

   
                   
Goodness gracious
That's why l'm a mess

   
                   
Yes! Officer Krupke
he shouldn't be here

   
                   
This boy don't need a couch
He needs a useful career

   
                   
Society's played him
a terrible trick

   
                   
- And sociologically he's sick
- l am sick

   
                   
We are sick, we are sick
We are sick, sick, sick

   
                   
Like we're sociologically sick

   
                   
ln my opinion, this child does not need
to have his head shrunk at all.

   
                   
Juvenile delinquency
is purely a social disease.

   
                   
Hey, l got a social disease!

   
                   
Take him to a social worker.

   
                   
- Which way?
- That way.

   
                   
Dear kindly social worker

   
                   
They tell me
get a job

   
                   
Like be a soda-jerker
Which means like be a slob

   
                   
lt's not l'm antisocial
l'm only anti-work

   
                   
Gloryosky
That's why l'm a jerk

   
                   
Officer Krupke
you've done it again

   
                   
This boy don't need a job
He needs a year in the pen

   
                   
lt ain't just a question
of misunderstood

   
                   
- Deep down inside him he's no good
- l'm no good

   
                   
We're no good, we're no good
We're no earthly good

   
                   
Like the best of us
is no damn good

   
                   
- The trouble is he's lazy
- The trouble is he drinks

   
                   
- The trouble is he's crazy
- The trouble is he stinks

   
                   
- The trouble is he's growing
- The trouble is he's grown

   
                   
Krupke, we got troubles
of our own

   
                   
Gee, Officer Krupke
we're down on our knees

   
                   
'Cause no one wants a fella
with a social disease

   
                   
Gee, Officer Krupke
what are we to do

   
                   
Gee, Officer Krupke
Krup you

   
                   
Curfew, gentlemen,
and ladies.

   
                   
Aren't you up a little late,
Baby John?

   
                   
l got insomnia, Doc.
Too many worries.

   
                   
- Any of you seen Tony tonight?
- You bet ya we did.

   
                   
He was supposed to
clean up the store.

   
                   
So maybe he decided
to clean up the P.R.s instead.

   
                   
- Doc, you ain't gonna close up now?
- l'm not?

   
                   
- Listen, we got a war council here.
- A who?

   
                   
- To determine weapons.
- We gonna set up a mix with the P.R.s.

   
                   
Weapons.
You couldn't play basketball?

   
                   
Get with it, buster.

   
                   
You don't understand.
We got special business comin' here.

   
                   
- Makin' trouble for the Puerto Ricans?
- They make trouble for us.

   
                   
For you, trouble is a relief.

   
                   
We gotta stand up to 'em.
lt's important.

   
                   
Fightin' over a little piece
of street is so important?

   
                   
- To us it is.
- To hoodlums it is.

   
                   
- Who you callin' hoodlums?
- War councils--

   
                   
- Don't start, Doc.
- When l was your age--

   
                   
When you was my age?

   
                   
When my old man was my age--
my brother was my age.

   
                   
You was never my age,
none of ya.

   
                   
And the sooner you creeps get hip
to that, the sooner you'll dig us!

   
                   
l'll dig you an early grave,
that's what l'll dig.

   
                   
Dig, dig, dig.

   
                   
Okay, Doc, set 'em up.
Cokes all around.

   
                   
Let's get down to business.

   
                   
Bernardo hasn't learned
the procedures of gracious livin'.

   
                   
l don't like you either,
so cut it.

   
                   
- Kick it, Doc.
- Boys, couldn't you maybe talk--

   
                   
Kick it!

   
                   
We challenge you to a rumble.

   
                   
All out, once and for all.
Accept?

   
                   
- On what terms?
- Whatever terms you're callin'.

   
                   
You crossed the line
once too often.

   
                   
- You started it.
- Who jumped Baby John this afternoon?

   
                   
- Who jumped me first day l moved here?
- Who asked you to move here?

   
                   
- Move where you're wanted!
- Spics!

   
                   
- Mick!
- Wop!

   
                   
We accept.

   
                   
- Time.
- Tomorrow?

   
                   
After dark.

   
                   
- Place.
- The park?

   
                   
The river.

   
                   
Under the highway.

   
                   
- Weapons.
- Hey, Doc!

   
                   
Weapons.

   
                   
- You call.
- Your challenge.

   
                   
Afraid to call?

   
                   
Rocks.

   
                   
- Belts.
- Pipes.

   
                   
- Cans.
- Bricks.

   
                   
- Bats!
- Clubs!

   
                   
- Chains!
- Bottles, knives, guns!

   
                   
- What a coop full of chickens.
- Who you callin' chicken?

   
                   
- Every dog knows his own.
- l'm callin' you all chicken.

   
                   
Big tough buddy boys
gotta throw bricks, huh?

   
                   
Afraid to get in close?
Afraid to slug it out?

   
                   
- Afraid to use plain skin?
- Not even garbage?

   
                   
- That ain't a rumble.
- Who says?

   
                   
- You said call weapons.
- lt can be clinched by a fair fight.

   
                   
lf you've got the guts to risk that.
Best man from each gang to slug it out.

   
                   
l would enjoy to risk that.
Okay, fair fight.

   
                   
Wait a minute.
The commanders say yes or no.

   
                   
Fair fight.

   
                   
When l get through with you...

   
                   
you will be like a fish
after skinning.

   
                   
Your best man
fights our best man...

   
                   
and we pick him.

   
                   
- l thought l would be fighting--
- You shook on it.

   
                   
Yes, l shook on it.

   
                   
lf you wanna change your mind,
we can still--

   
                   
- Bernardo, would you like a cigarette?
- No, thank you. l don't smoke.

   
                   
Evening, Lieutenant.

   
                   
l and Tony was just closin' up.

   
                   
Well, now,
this is more like it, fellas.

   
                   
Warms me all over
to see you this way.

   
                   
And after only a couple of words from me
at the playground this afternoon.

   
                   
Oh, do you mind?

   
                   
l have no mind.
l'm the village idiot.

   
                   
Headquarters hears about this,
l may even get a promotion.

   
                   
Good deal all around,
huh, Bernardo?

   
                   
l get a promotion...

   
                   
and you Puerto Ricans
get what you've been itchin' for.

   
                   
Use of the playground,
use of the gym...

   
                   
the streets, the candy store.

   
                   
So what if they do turn this whole town
into a stinkin' pigsty?

   
                   
Don't stop him.
He wants to get home...

   
                   
write letters to San Juan,
tell 'em how he's got it made here.

   
                   
What l mean is, clear out!
l said, clear out!

   
                   
Oh, yeah, sure, l know.

   
                   
lt's a free country
and l ain't got the right.

   
                   
But l got a badge.

   
                   
What do you got?

   
                   
Things are tough all over.
Beat it!

   
                   
Okay, fellas.

   
                   
Where's the rumble gonna be?

   
                   
Come on. l know regular Americans
don't rub with the gold-teeth unless--

   
                   
- Look, Lieutenant--
- You shut your mouth!

   
                   
Come on, Baby John...

   
                   
before that smooth little kisser
of yours gets cut up for life.

   
                   
Now, where's it gonna be?

   
                   
The river?

   
                   
The park?

   
                   
Look, fellas, l'm for you.

   
                   
l want this beat cleaned up,
and you can do it for me.

   
                   
l'll even lend a hand
if things get rough.

   
                   
Now, where ya gonna rumble?

   
                   
The playground?

   
                   
Sweeney's lot?

   
                   
Why don't you get smart,
you stupid hooligans?

   
                   
l oughta take you to the station
and throw you in the can right now.

   
                   
You and the tinhorn
immigrant scum you come from!

   
                   
How's your old man's d.t.'s, A-rab?

   
                   
How's the action on your
mother's side of the street, Action?

   
                   
One of these days
there won't be anybody to hold ya.

   
                   
Get him outta here!
Come on!

   
                   
Don't worry, l'll find out
where it's gonna be.

   
                   
So be sure to finish each other off,
because if you don't, l will!

   
                   
Oh, yeah, sure.

   
                   
Understand 'em.

   
                   
That's what they keep tellin' me
down at headquarters: understand.

   
                   
Well, you try keeping hoodlums in line
and see what it does to you.

   
                   
lt wouldn't give me
a mouth like his.

   
                   
Come on, Doc.
Don't let it get ya.

   
                   
l'm sick.

   
                   
You heard.
lt's gonna be a fair fight.

   
                   
And that's gonna cure somethin'?

   
                   
From here on in,
everything's gonna be all right.

   
                   
- l got a feelin'.
- What have you been takin' tonight?

   
                   
A trip to the moon.

   
                   
And l'll tell ya a secret, Doc.
lt ain't a man that's up there.

   
                   
lt's a girl.

   
                   
A lady.

   
                   
So that's why you
made it a fair fight.

   
                   
l'm gonna see her tomorrow
and l can't wait.

   
                   
- Things aren't tough enough?
- Doc, l'm in love.

   
                   
- And you're not frightened?
- Should l be?

   
                   
No, l'm frightened enough
for the both of you.

   
                   
What has Chino done to her?

   
                   
Chino? Why Chino?

   
                   
Maybe she's just
dolling up for us.

   
                   
Rosalia, Consuelo...

   
                   
my adorable friends,
can you keep a secret?

   
                   
l'm hot for secrets.

   
                   
No, l won't tell you.

   
                   
- What?
- What?

   
                   
- The poor girl is out of her mind.
- l am-- crazy.

   
                   
She might be at that.
She looks somehow different.

   
                   
- l do?
- And l think she is up to something.

   
                   
l am?

   
                   
''l do?'' ''l am?''
She talks like a parrot.

   
                   
What is going on with you, Maria?

   
                   
l feel pretty
Oh, so pretty

   
                   
l feel pretty and witty and gay

   
                   
And l pity any girl
who isn't me today

   
                   
l feel charming
Oh, so charming

   
                   
lt's alarming how charming l feel

   
                   
And so pretty
That l hardly can believe l'm real

   
                   
See the pretty girl
in that mirror there

   
                   
Who can that attractive girl be

   
                   
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress

   
                   
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me

   
                   
l feel stunning
and entrancing

   
                   
Feel like running
and dancing for joy

   
                   
For l'm loved
by a pretty wonderful boy

   
                   
Have you met my good friend Maria

   
                   
The craziest girl on the block

   
                   
You'll know her
the minute you see her

   
                   
She's the one who is in
an advanced state of shock

   
                   
She thinks she's in love
She thinks she's in Spain

   
                   
She isn't in love
She's merely insane

   
                   
lt must be the heat
or some rare disease

   
                   
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it's fleas

   
                   
Keep away from her
Send for Chino

   
                   
This is not the Maria we know

   
                   
Modest and pure
polite and refined

   
                   
Well-bred and mature
and out of her mind

   
                   
Miss America!

   
                   
Miss America!
Bravo! Speech!

   
                   
l feel pretty
Oh, so pretty

   
                   
That the city
should give me its key

   
                   
A committee should be organized
to honor me

   
                   
l feel dizzy
l feel sunny

   
                   
l feel fizzy and funny and fine

   
                   
And so pretty
Miss America can just resign

   
                   
See the pretty girl
in that mirror there

   
                   
- What mirror where
- Who can that attractive girl be

   
                   
- Which, what, where, who
- Such a pretty face

   
                   
Such a pretty dress, such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me

   
                   
l feel stunning

   
                   
And entrancing

   
                   
Feel like running
and dancing for joy

   
                   
For l'm loved
by a pretty wonderful boy

   
                   
You want to sing, do it with needles,
or you'll be singing for your supper.

   
                   
But Madam Lucia, what can you expect?
We use Singer sewing machines.

   
                   
Sure. You make the bad joke home
where l can't hear it!

   
                   
Well, go now.
lt's closing time. Shoo!

   
                   
You pull down the shades,
pick up the pins...

   
                   
turn off the lights
and lock the doors.

   
                   
Oh, the jail is opened.

   
                   
l thought she'd never leave.

   
                   
lt's hard to believe that old bag
was once a young bag like us.

   
                   
Let's go before she
changes her mind and comes back.

   
                   
You go, querida.
l will lock up.

   
                   
- Why?
- l have work.

   
                   
- Do it tomorrow.
- l am in no hurry.

   
                   
l am. l'm going home now
and take a nice long bubble bath.

   
                   
Black Orchid.

   
                   
All over. l got a date with Nardo
after the rumble.

   
                   
What rumble?

   
                   
Oh, well, Nardo's Sharks
and those boys at the dance.

   
                   
They fight each other tonight?

   
                   
They don't play potsy.

   
                   
Why must they always fight?

   
                   
Well, you saw how they dance-- like
they gotta get rid of something quick.

   
                   
That's how they fight.

   
                   
To get rid of what?

   
                   
Too much feeling.
And they do get rid of it.

   
                   
Boy, after a fight,
that brother of yours is so healthy.

   
                   
Definitely: Black Orchid.

   
                   
''You go, querida.
l will lock up.''

   
                   
lt's too early for noches.
Buenas tardes.

   
                   
He just came from the drugstore
to deliver aspirin.

   
                   
- You'll need it.
- Not us.

   
                   
We're fine.
We're out of the world.

   
                   
You're out of your heads.

   
                   
- We're    feet in the air.
- Anita can see that.

   
                   
You will not tell?

   
                   
Tell what? How can l know
what goes on    feet over my head?

   
                   
You better be home in    minutes.

   
                   
lt's all right.
She likes us.

   
                   
But she is worried,
and so am l.

   
                   
- That's foolish.
- Are you going to that rumble tonight?

   
                   
- Why?
- You must go and stop it.

   
                   
l have stopped it. lt's only gonna be
a fistfight now between two of 'em.

   
                   
Any fight is no good for us.

   
                   
Everything is good for us.
We got magic.

   
                   
Listen, and hear me.

   
                   
You must go and stop it.

   
                   
lt means that much to you?

   
                   
l will, then.

   
                   
l believe you.
You do have magic.

   
                   
Of course.

   
                   
l've got you.

   
                   
And tonight, after l stop the rumble
that is no rumble, l'll come by for you.

   
                   
l will wait for you
on the roof.

   
                   
Not the roof.
l'll come to your house.

   
                   
You cannot.
My mama.

   
                   
- Then l'll take you to my house.
- Your mama.

   
                   
She'll come runnin' from the kitchen
to welcome ya. She lives in the kitchen.

   
                   
- Dressed so elegant?
- l told her you were comin'.

   
                   
She'll look at your face,
try not to smile, and say...

   
                   
''Skinny, but pretty.''

   
                   
She is plump, no doubt.

   
                   
Fat.

   
                   
l take after my mama--
delicate-boned.

    
                   
Not in front of Mama!

    
                   
l would like to see Papa in this.

    
                   
Mama will make him
ask about your prospects.

    
                   
Many.

    
                   
- lf you go to church.
- Oh, always.

    
                   
Yes, Papa might like you.

    
                   
- May l have your daughter's hand?
- He says yes.

    
                   
- And your mama?
- l'm afraid to ask her.

    
                   
Tell her she's not getting a daughter.
She's getting rid of a son.

    
                   
- She says yes.
- She has good taste.

    
                   
Here. Maid of honor.

    
                   
Oh, that color is bad for Anita.

    
                   
- The best man.
- That is my papa!

    
                   
Sorry, Papa.

    
                   
Here we go, Riff.
Womb to tomb.

    
                   
Now you see, Anita?
There was nothing to worry about.

    
                   
Look. Mama's cryin' already.

    
                   
l, Anton, take thee, Maria...

    
                   
l, Maria, take thee, Anton...

    
                   
for richer, for poorer...

    
                   
in sickness and in health...

    
                   
to love and to honor...

    
                   
to hold and to keep...

    
                   
from each sun to each moon...

    
                   
from tomorrow to tomorrow...

    
                   
from now to forever...

    
                   
till death do us part.

    
                   
With this ring, l thee wed.

    
                   
Make of our hands

    
                   
One hand

    
                   
Make of our hearts

    
                   
One heart

    
                   
Make of our vows

    
                   
One last vow

    
                   
Only death will

    
                   
Part us now

    
                   
Make of our lives

    
                   
One life

    
                   
Day after day

    
                   
One life

    
                   
Now it begins

    
                   
Now we start

    
                   
One hand

    
                   
One heart

    
                   
Even death

    
                   
Won't part

    
                   
Us now

    
                   
The Jets are gonna
have their day tonight

    
                   
The Jets are gonna
have their way tonight

    
                   
The Puerto Ricans grumble
Fair fight

    
                   
But if they start a rumble
We'll rumble 'em right

    
                   
We're gonna hand 'em
a surprise tonight

    
                   
We're gonna cut 'em
down to size tonight

    
                   
We said, okay, no rumpus
No tricks

    
                   
But just in case they jump us
We're ready to mix

    
                   
Tonight

    
                   
We're gonna rock it tonight

    
                   
We're gonna jazz it up
and have us a ball

    
                   
They're gonna get it tonight

    
                   
The more they turn it on
the harder they'll fall

    
                   
- Well, they began it
- Well, they began it

    
                   
And we're the ones to stop 'em
once and for all

    
                   
Tonight

    
                   
Anita's gonna get
her kicks tonight

    
                   
We'll have our private
little mix tonight

    
                   
He'll walk in hot and tired
Poor dear

    
                   
Don't matter if he's tired
as long as he's here

    
                   
Tonight, tonight

    
                   
Won't be just any night

    
                   
Tonight there will be
no morning star

    
                   
l'll see my love tonight

    
                   
And for us

    
                   
Stars will stop where they are

    
                   
Today the minutes seem like hours

    
                   
The hours go so slowly

    
                   
And still the sky is light

    
                   
Oh, moon
Grow bright

    
                   
And make this endless day

    
                   
Endless night

    
                   
The Jets are comin'
out on top tonight

    
                   
We're gonna watch
Bernardo drop tonight

    
                   
The Puerto Rican punk'll go down

    
                   
And when he's hollered uncle
We'll tear up the town

    
                   
- We'll be in back of you, boy
- Right

    
                   
- You're gonna flatten him good
- Right

    
                   
Tonight there will be
no morning star

    
                   
And then we'll
have us a ball tonight

    
                   
We're gonna rock it tonight

    
                   
We're gonna jazz it tonight

    
                   
We're gonna mix it tonight

    
                   
Today the minutes
seem like hours

    
                   
The hours go so slowly

    
                   
And still the sky is light

    
                   
We'll stop 'em once and for all

    
                   
The Sharks are gonna
have their way

    
                   
The Jets are gonna
have their day

    
                   
We're gonna rock it tonight

    
                   
Tonight

    
                   
Ready.

    
                   
- Now move in and shake hands.
- For what?

    
                   
Well, that's the way
it's done, buddy boy.

    
                   
More gracious living.

    
                   
Every one of you hates every one of us,
and we hate you right back.

    
                   
- Let's get at it.
- Sure.

    
                   
Hold it!

    
                   
Get with the gang.
lt's all okay.

    
                   
- No!
- What are you doin'?

    
                   
Maybe he has found the guts
to fight his own battles.

    
                   
lt don't take guts
if you got a battle.

    
                   
We ain't got one, none of us.
Okay, Nardo?

    
                   
Hold it!
Let's cool it.

    
                   
The deal is a fair fight
between you and lce. Get with the gang.

    
                   
Mother hen protecting the little one?
l'll give you a battle, gallito.

    
                   
- You've got one!
- l'll take pretty boy on as a warm-up.

    
                   
Afraid, pretty boy?
Afraid, gutless?

    
                   
- Afraid, chicken?
- Cut it!

    
                   
l don't want to.

    
                   
- l'm sure.
- Now listen to me.

    
                   
- Are you chicken?
- There's nothin' to fight about.

    
                   
- The hell there ain't!
- You got it wrong!

    
                   
- Why can't you understand?
- What do you say, chicken?

    
                   
Kill him, Tony.

    
                   
- Come on, man.
- Afraid to fight?

    
                   
- Let me see you fight.
- What's the matter?

    
                   
He's chicken, boy.

    
                   
He is chicken!

    
                   
- Hey, pretty boy.
- Bernardo, listen.

    
                   
Don't! Stop it!
We got nothin' to fight about.

    
                   
- You yellowbellied chicken!
- Don't push me!

    
                   
Come on,
you yellowbellied Pollack!

    
                   
- Riff, what are you doin'?
- Get outta here, Tony!

    
                   
Riff, don't!

    
                   
- Hold him!
- lce, let me go!

    
                   
Riff, don't!

    
                   
Keep outta this!

    
                   
Somebody stop him!

    
                   
Let me go!

    
                   
- Come on, Nardo!
- Stop him!

    
                   
Riff, don't!

    
                   
Get him!

    
                   
Tony, come on.
Come on, Tony.

    
                   
Gotta get outta here!
Come on!

    
                   
Come on, Tony.
Come on! Get outta here!

    
                   
Come on!

    
                   
Come on, Tony!

    
                   
Wait for me, Rosa.

    
                   
There was no one downstairs.

    
                   
My mother and father
are at the store.

    
                   
l didn't expect you to come by
or l would have waited down--

    
                   
You have been fighting, Chino?

    
                   
Yes. l am sorry.

    
                   
That is not like you.

    
                   
You must go home and wash up.

    
                   
- l will see you tomorrow.
- Maria, at the rumble--

    
                   
- There was no rumble.
- There was.

    
                   
- You are wrong.
- Nobody meant for it to happen.

    
                   
Tell me.

    
                   
lt is bad.

    
                   
Very bad?

    
                   
You see--

    
                   
lt will be easier
if you say it very fast.

    
                   
There was a fight...

    
                   
and Nardo--

    
                   
Somehow a knife--

    
                   
And Nardo and someone--

    
                   
What happened to Tony?

    
                   
Tell me!
ls Tony all right?

    
                   
He killed your brother!

    
                   
You are lying.

    
                   
Chino, why do you lie to me?

    
                   
Chino, you are lying! Lying!

    
                   
Why do you lie?

    
                   
Make it not be true.
Please make it not be true.

    
                   
Madre de Dios,
l will do anything.

    
                   
Make me die,
only please make it not be true.

    
                   
Make it not be--

    
                   
Killer! Killer! Killer!

    
                   
l tried to stop it.

    
                   
l did try.
l don't know what went wrong.

    
                   
l didn't mean to hurt him.
l didn't wanna.

    
                   
But Riff was like my brother.
When Bernardo killed him--

    
                   
Bernardo didn't
mean it either, l know.

    
                   
l thought you knew.

    
                   
l didn't come to tell you that.

    
                   
Just for you to forgive me
so l could go to the police.

    
                   
- lt'll be easy now.
- l won't let you.

    
                   
- l must.
- Stay with me.

    
                   
- Maria, l love you so much.
- Don't leave me.

    
                   
- Whatever you want, l'll do.
- Hold me.

    
                   
- Oh, forever.
- Tighter.

    
                   
We'll be all right,
l know it.

    
                   
We're really together now.

    
                   
But it's not us.

    
                   
lt's everything around us.

    
                   
Then l'll take you away,
where nothin' can get to us.

    
                   
Not anyone or anything.

    
                   
There's a place for us

    
                   
Somewhere a place for us

    
                   
Peace and quiet

    
                   
And open air

    
                   
Wait for us somewhere

    
                   
There's a time for us

    
                   
Someday a time for us

    
                   
Time together with time to spare

    
                   
Time to look

    
                   
Time to care someday

    
                   
Somewhere

    
                   
We'll find a new way of living

    
                   
We'll find a way of forgiving

    
                   
Somewhere

    
                   
There's a place for us

    
                   
A time and place for us

    
                   
Hold my hand
and we're halfway there

    
                   
Hold my hand
and l'll take you there

    
                   
Somehow

    
                   
Someday

    
                   
Somewhere

    
                   
Baby John,
what are ya doin' here?

    
                   
Nothin'.

    
                   
What are ya doin' nothin'
here for? Come on.

    
                   
l don't want the guys
to see me, A-rab.

    
                   
Why not?

    
                   
Well, l'm cryin'.

    
                   
You are?

    
                   
- What for?
- l don't know.

    
                   
Blow your nose.

    
                   
Did you get a look
at their faces?

    
                   
- Which faces?
- You know.

    
                   
At the rumble--
Riff and Bernardo.

    
                   
l wish it was yesterday.

    
                   
Me too.
l'm scared.

    
                   
Cut it out!
You hear me?

    
                   
What are we gonna do?

    
                   
We're gonna meet the other guys
and form up, that's what.

    
                   
Now come on.
Let's go.

    
                   
Do you got a handkerchief first?

    
                   
What's wrong with your sleeve?

    
                   
- Where ya been?
- Where do ya think? The Stork Club?

    
                   
- We thought they nabbed you.
- Go on.

    
                   
- You didn't see Tony, huh?
- No. Nothin' but coppers.

    
                   
- What's wrong with him?
- There's nothin' wrong with him.

    
                   
All right, all right.

    
                   
- Maybe we oughta go home.
- For what?

    
                   
- Bet ya they got him.
- Not Tony.

    
                   
He was great.
Huh, Baby John?

    
                   
Oh, yeah. He really
come through for the Jets.

    
                   
Just like Riff said he--

    
                   
Said he would.

    
                   
Riff! l want Riff!

    
                   
Come on, Graziella.

    
                   
Nobody was supposed
to get killed.

    
                   
lt just--

    
                   
- They're gonna pay.
- Them stinkin' Sharks.

    
                   
- Dirty fighting.
- They started it.

    
                   
- Why don't we finish it?
- Cool it.

    
                   
We gotta show 'em who's on top.
Let's do it now!

    
                   
Ain't we had enough?

    
                   
What's the matter?
You scared?

    
                   
- Who you callin' scared?
- Lay off of him.

    
                   
- Mind your own business.
- Don't sound off or l'll hit you.

    
                   
- You'll do what?
- Knock it off!

    
                   
Shut up down there,
you dirty good-for-nothin's!

    
                   
Go home where you belong!

    
                   
Who you callin' good-for-nothin',
you loudmouthed crud-head!

    
                   
-l'll put this through your stupid face!
-Get inside, all of ya!

    
                   
- Shut up!
- l don't take that from nobody!

    
                   
Next creep who sounds on me,
the next guy who gets in my craw--

    
                   
You'll laugh!

    
                   
Now you all better dig this
and dig it good.

    
                   
No matter who or what
is eatin' you...

    
                   
man, you show it
and you are dead!

    
                   
You are cuttin' a hole in yourselves for
them to stick in a red-hot umbrella...

    
                   
and open it wide.

    
                   
Man, you wanna get past the cops
when they start asking about tonight?

    
                   
You play it cool.

    
                   
You wanna live in this lousy world?
Play it cool.

    
                   
- l wanna get even!
- Get cool!

    
                   
- l wanna bust!
- Bust cool!

    
                   
- l wanna go!
- Go cool!

    
                   
Boy, boy
Crazy boy

    
                   
Get cool, boy

    
                   
Got a rocket in your pocket

    
                   
Keep cooly cool, boy

    
                   
Don't get hot
'Cause, man, you've got

    
                   
Some high times ahead

    
                   
Take it slow

    
                   
And Daddy-O
You can live it up and die in bed

    
                   
Boy, boy
Crazy boy

    
                   
Stay loose, boy

    
                   
Breeze it, buzz it
Easy does it

    
                   
Turn off the juice, boy

    
                   
Go, man, go

    
                   
But not like a yo-yo schoolboy

    
                   
Just play it cool, boy

    
                   
Real cool

    
                   
Easy, Action.

    
                   
Cool it, A-rab.
Cool it! Cool it!

    
                   
Cool!

    
                   
- Go!
- Crazy!

    
                   
Boy, boy
Crazy boy

    
                   
Stay loose, boy

    
                   
Breeze it, buzz it
Easy does it

    
                   
Turn off the juice, boy

    
                   
Just play it cool, boy

    
                   
Real cool

    
                   
Let's go.

    
                   
Where we goin'?

    
                   
lf we lay low, the coppers
are gonna smell fish, so we--

    
                   
- Hey, buddy boys!
- Aw, go wear a skirt.

    
                   
l got scabby knees.
Listen.

    
                   
- We act like we got nothin' to hide.
- Suppose they ask about the rumble?

    
                   
Supposin' they ask you where's Tony
and what party's lookin' for him...

    
                   
with a gun!

    
                   
You know somethin'?

    
                   
- l know l gotta go get a skirt.
- Come on, Anybodys.

    
                   
- What's the freak know?
- Plenty.

    
                   
l figured somebody oughta infiltrate
P.R. territory and spy around.

    
                   
l'm very large with shadows.

    
                   
l can slip in and out of 'em
like wind through a fence.

    
                   
- ls she ever makin' the most of it.
- You bet your fat A, l am!

    
                   
- Spill it!
- Okay!

    
                   
l hear Chino tell the Sharks somethin'
about Tony and Bernardo's sister.

    
                   
And then l hear Chino say...

    
                   
''lf it's the last thing l do,
l'm gonna get that Polack.''

    
                   
And then he pulls out
the bad news.

    
                   
- Them P.R.s won't stop.
- Till we stop 'em.

    
                   
Hold it!

    
                   
Now listen.

    
                   
Tony come through for us,
we gotta come through for Tony.

    
                   
- We gotta find him before Chino does.
- And burns him.

    
                   
You guys cover the river.
Snowboy, the docks.

    
                   
- l'll take the back alleys.
- l and Graziella will take the streets.

    
                   
- l'll cover the park.
- The schoolyard.

    
                   
- Let's go.
- What about me?

    
                   
You?

    
                   
ln and out of the shadows.
Maybe you'll find Tony in one of 'em.

    
                   
Right!

    
                   
Ya done good, buddy boy.

    
                   
Thanks, Daddy-O.

    
                   
Who is--

    
                   
Maria, it's Anita.
Are you in there?

    
                   
Open the door.
l need you.

    
                   
Now you are afraid, too?

    
                   
- What?
- l'll be right there.

    
                   
- Together.
- But where?

    
                   
The bus station. We'll go so far away
they'll never find us.

    
                   
- How can we?
- Doc'll help us with money.

    
                   
- You'll meet me at his store.
- At Doc's, yes.

    
                   
l'll wait for you there.

    
                   
Hurry.

    
                   
Coming, Anita.

    
                   
All right, now you know.

    
                   
And you still don't know.
He is one of them!

    
                   
A boy like that
would kill your brother

    
                   
Forget that boy
and find another

    
                   
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind

    
                   
A boy like that
will give you sorrow

    
                   
You'll meet another boy tomorrow

    
                   
One of your own kind
Stick to your own kind

    
                   
A boy who kills cannot love

    
                   
A boy who kills has no heart

    
                   
And he's the boy
who gets your love

    
                   
And gets your heart

    
                   
Very smart, Maria
Very smart

    
                   
A boy like that
wants one thing only

    
                   
And when he's done
he'll leave you lonely

    
                   
He'll murder your love
He murdered mine

    
                   
Just wait and see
Just wait, Maria

    
                   
Oh, no, Anita, no

    
                   
lt isn't true
Not for me

    
                   
lt's true for you
Not for me

    
                   
l hear your words
And in my head l know they're smart

    
                   
But my heart, Anita
But my heart

    
                   
Knows they're wrong

    
                   
You should know better

    
                   
You were in love
Or so you said

    
                   
You should know better

    
                   
l have a love

    
                   
And it's all that l have

    
                   
Right or wrong

    
                   
What else can l do

    
                   
l love him

    
                   
l'm his

    
                   
And everything he is

    
                   
l am too

    
                   
l have a love

    
                   
And it's all that l need

    
                   
Right or wrong

    
                   
And he needs me too

    
                   
l love him

    
                   
We're one

    
                   
There's nothing to be done

    
                   
Not a thing l can do

    
                   
But hold him

    
                   
Hold him forever

    
                   
Be with him now

    
                   
Tomorrow

    
                   
And all

    
                   
Of my life

    
                   
When love comes so strong

    
                   
There is no right or wrong

    
                   
Your love is

    
                   
Your love

    
                   
Chino has a gun.

    
                   
l heard the boys talking.
He's hunting for Tony.

    
                   
He is at Doc's store,
waiting for me.

    
                   
lf Chino hurts him or touches him,
l swear to you l'll--

    
                   
You'll do what Tony
did to Bernardo?

    
                   
l love Tony.

    
                   
l know.

    
                   
l loved Bernardo.

    
                   
- Anybody home?
- Yes.

    
                   
- Bernardo's sister, please.
- She isn't feeling well.

    
                   
Who is?

    
                   
Hello, Miss.
l'm Lieutenant Schrank.

    
                   
l don't like to disturb you
at a time like this--

    
                   
Yes, a very bad time.

    
                   
- lf you will excuse me, please.
- l have a couple of questions.

    
                   
Afterwards, please.
l must go to my brother now.

    
                   
- Just one minute!
- Can't you wait?

    
                   
Now, you were at the dance
at the gym last night--

    
                   
Will this take very long?

    
                   
As long as it has to.

    
                   
Excuse me.

    
                   
Anita, my headache is much worse.

    
                   
Will you go to
Doc's store for me?

    
                   
Don't you people
keep aspirin around?

    
                   
This is something special.

    
                   
Will you go for me, Anita?

    
                   
What shall l ask for?

    
                   
Doc will know.

    
                   
Tell him l have been detained...

    
                   
and can't get there right away.

    
                   
Or l would have
picked it up myself.

    
                   
Excuse me.
You were asking?

    
                   
At the gym last night...

    
                   
your brother got into an argument
because you danced with the wrong boy.

    
                   
Who was the boy?

    
                   
Another from my country.

    
                   
And his name?

    
                   
Jose.

    
                   
- Can't find him.
- He ain't nowhere.

    
                   
- He's right down in the cellar.
- Safe and sound.

    
                   
- l found him.
- You warn him about Chino?

    
                   
- What's he doin' in the cellar?
- Keepin' the mice company.

    
                   
No sign of Chino?

    
                   
- Nothin'.
- His luck.

    
                   
l'll slip out the back
and check the alleys again.

    
                   
- You guys hang here.
- Right.

    
                   
Boy, l'm thirsty.
Where's Doc?

    
                   
Upstairs raisin'
getaway money for Tony.

    
                   
- Doc ain't got no money.
- His mattress has.

    
                   
Cut the frabbajabba.
Grab some readin' matter. Play the juke.

    
                   
Some of you get outside. lf you see
Chino or any of those stinkin' P.R.s--

    
                   
- l'd like to see Doc.
- He ain't here.

    
                   
Where is he?

    
                   
He went to the bank.
They made a mistake in his favor.

    
                   
The banks are closed at night.
Where is he?

    
                   
You know how skinny Doc is. He slipped
in through the night deposit slot.

    
                   
And got stuck halfway in.

    
                   
Which indicates, there's
no tellin' when he'll be back.

    
                   
Where ya goin'?

    
                   
Downstairs.

    
                   
Didn't l tell you?
He ain't here!

    
                   
l'd like to see for myself.

    
                   
Please.

    
                   
- Will you let me pass?
- She's too dark to pass.

    
                   
- Oh, don't.
- Please don't.

    
                   
- Listen, you!
- We're listenin'!

    
                   
Look. l gotta give
a friend of yours a message.

    
                   
- l gotta tell Tony--
- He ain't here.

    
                   
- l know he is.
- Who says?

    
                   
- Who's the message from?
- Never mind.

    
                   
Couldn't be from Chino,
could it?

    
                   
Don't you understand?
l want to help!

    
                   
- Bernardo's girl wants to help?
- Even a greaseball's got feelin's.

    
                   
But she wants to help get Tony.

    
                   
Not much,
Bernardo's tramp.

    
                   
- Bernardo's pig.
- You lyin' spic.

    
                   
- Don't do that!
- Gold tooth!

    
                   
- Pierced ear!
- Garlic mouth!

    
                   
Stop it!

    
                   
What are you doing there?

    
                   
Bernardo was right.

    
                   
lf one of you was
lying in the street...

    
                   
bleeding...

    
                   
l'd walk by and spit on you.

    
                   
-Don't let her go!
-She'll tell Chino Tony's in the cellar!

    
                   
Don't you touch me.

    
                   
l got a message
for your American buddy.

    
                   
You tell that murderer...

    
                   
that Maria's
never going to meet him.

    
                   
You tell him that Chino
found out about them...

    
                   
and shot her!

    
                   
She's dead.

    
                   
When do you kids stop?

    
                   
You make this world lousy.

    
                   
We didn't make it, Doc.

    
                   
Get outta here.

    
                   
Doc, l thought l heard--
You got it!

    
                   
Yeah, l got it.

    
                   
You're a pal.
You're the best friend a guy ever had.

    
                   
l'll pay you back
as soon as l can, l promise.

    
                   
- Forget that.
- Never. l couldn't.

    
                   
Doc, you know what we're gonna do
in the country, Maria and me?

    
                   
We're gonna have lots of kids,
and we're gonna name 'em after ya.

    
                   
That way,
when you come to visit us--

    
                   
Wake up!

    
                   
ls this the only way
to get through to you?

    
                   
Do just what you all do?
Bust like a hot water pipe?

    
                   
What's got into you?

    
                   
Why do you kids live
like there's a war on?

    
                   
Why do you kill?

    
                   
l told you how it happened.

    
                   
Maria understands.

    
                   
l thought you did too.

    
                   
Maria understands nothing...

    
                   
ever again.

    
                   
There is no Maria, Tony.

    
                   
What?

    
                   
- l can't.
- No, Doc!

    
                   
Now tell me!
What is it?

    
                   
That was Anita upstairs.

    
                   
Chino found out
about you and Maria...

    
                   
and he killed her.

    
                   
Maria died?

    
                   
Come and get me too, Chino!

    
                   
Come and get me too, Chino!

    
                   
- Who's that?
- lt's Anybodys. Come on.

    
                   
Get out of here!

    
                   
- Come and get me, damn you!
- What are ya doin'?

    
                   
- Get out of here!
- Why don't you come with me--

    
                   
lt ain't playin' anymore!
Can't any of you get that?

    
                   
- But the gang!
- You're a girl!

    
                   
Be a girl and beat it!

    
                   
Come on, Chino!
Get me too!

    
                   
Chino! l'm callin' for ya!

    
                   
There's nobody here but me.

    
                   
Come on!

    
                   
Please, will ya?

    
                   
l'm waitin' for ya.

    
                   
l want you to.

    
                   
l didn't believe hard enough.

    
                   
Loving is enough.

    
                   
Not here.
They won't let us be.

    
                   
Then we'll get away.

    
                   
- Yeah, we can.
- Yes.

    
                   
- We will.
- Yes.

    
                   
Hold my hand
and we're halfway there

    
                   
Hold my hand
and l'll take you there

    
                   
Somehow

    
                   
Someday

    
                   
Some--

    
                   
Stay back!

    
                   
How do you fire this gun, Chino?

    
                   
Just by pulling
this little trigger?

    
                   
How many bullets are left, Chino?

    
                   
Enough for you?

    
                   
And you?

    
                   
All of you!

    
                   
You all killed him.

    
                   
And my brother.
And Riff.

    
                   
Not with bullets and guns.

    
                   
With hate!

    
                   
Well, l can kill too,
because now l have hate!

    
                   
How many can l kill, Chino?

    
                   
How many, and still have
one bullet left for me?

    
                   
Don't you touch him!





  
 
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