Overview
West Side Story ( transliterated as Quessat al-Ay al-Gharby) is an Egyptian film released on November 7, 1979. The film is directed by Adel Sadeq and is based on the American film and musical of the same name.
Plot
Two gangs quarrel, one led by Ragab and the other by Tolba. Sami, a friend of Tolba's, meets Ragab's sister Amal, and they fall in love. However, Nawal, Ragab's fiancée, warns her to stay away.
Sami claims to be estranged from Tolba and thus asks Ragab for Amal's hand in marriage. However, Ragab rejects the proposal. A group of youths assaults Nawal, leading to a deadly battle between the gangs.
Cast
Hussein Fahmy (Sami)
Saeed Saleh
Soheir Ramzi (Amal)
Samir Ghanem (Talib)
Hassan Youssef (Recep)
Ibrahim Saafan
Mazhar Abulnaga
Naima Al Soghayar
Abdallah Farghaly
Fekry Abaza
Helmi Abdulwahab
Amin al-Moghi
Nawal Baghdadi
Nagy Angelo
Soheir Zaki
Saleh Al-Eskandarani
Lewis Youssef
Zizi Fared
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