Doomed lover; bad boy turned good; starry-eyed optimist.That's our Tony, best buddies with Riff and co-founder of the Jets back in the day. Tony's had enough of gang life, and has taken a job at th...

Maria is a gentle soul. That's part of her charm. She seems innocent and naïve like another young maiden in similar circumstances, but she's also smarter than a lot of people. Smart enough to know...

When Tony leaves the Jets, it falls to Riff to lead them, and frankly speaking, they could do a lot worse. Riff's a juvenile delinquent —he has a whole song about it—but he's having so much fun...

This isn't a movie about choosing sides. Jets and Sharks alike get to own what goes down in West Side Story. But we do admit a certain sympathy for Bernardo, who we see in the beginning as getting...

If Maria succeeds in fighting back the forces of hate, Anita can't quite manage it. She loves Bernardo as much as Maria loves Tony, and her desire is just as strong as Maria's. But it hasn't sprung...

Doc runs the soda shop where Tony works and the Jets hang out. Like a lot of grown-ups in this film, he's pretty…helpless. The Jets walk all over him, he scuttles away whenever violence is threat...

Continuing our Romeo and Juliet comparisons, we come at last to the prince of Verona, who, let's face it, is the voice of authority and therefore the Man. In 1950s New York, the Man is represented...

Ice is Riff's second in command, the one chosen to fight Bernardo at the big rumble and who takes over command of the Jets when Riff gets killed. There's not much to him, really. Just another face...