abstract:"A Boy Like That" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. In the musical, the song is paired with "I Have a Love" and is sung by the characters Anita and Maria.
The picture (which was directed by Foster) is frustrating because it seems reluctant to explore with any rigor the special problems thataboylike Fred might have.