Set in 1966; Produced in 1983
Francis Ford Coppola's stylized teen melodrama is based on the popular novel by S.E. Hinton. In 1960's Tulsa, the "Right" and "Wrong" sides of the tracks were represented by rival gangs, the upscale socs, and the underprivliaged greasers. Darrel Curtis (Patrick Swayze) is doing his best to raise his two younger brothers, Sodapop (Rob Lowe), and Ponyboy (C.Thomas Howell). Sensitive Ponyboy is a budding writer in love with Cherry (Diane Lane), the unobtainable beauty from the enemy gang. when Ponyboy's buddy, troubled Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio), kills one of the Socs in self-defense, their other friend Dallas (Matt Dillion) help the two youths hide out in an abandoned country church. There they live as exiles from a society that dosn't want them. But not all is lost when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dallas save some children caught in a fire and become unlikely heros.
MAPP Rating: PG
Matt Dillion C.Thomas Howell
Ralph Maccchio Rob Lowe
Dian Lane Emilio Estevez
Tom Cruise Tom Waits Patric Swayze Leif Garret
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Gray Fredericson
Fred Roos
Screenwriter: Kathleen Rowell
Additional Music/Songs: Stevie Wonder
Cinematographer: Stephe H. Burum
Composer: Carmine Coppola
Source Writer: S.E.Hinton