
Johnny and Ponyboy hop onto a cargo train and take refuge in an abandoned church. He gives them money for food and a loaded gun to protect themselves. Ponyboy and Johnny go see Dally, who advises them to go to Windrixville to lay low. Ponyboy passes out and when he comes to, he sees Johnny holding a blood-stained switchblade and muttering about killing Bob, whose body is nearby while the rest have fled.

They beat up Johnny and try to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. They are confronted by Bob and Randy and three other socs, who chase and attack them. Ponyboy fetches Johnny and goes to a park. When Ponyboy arrives home, Darry yells at and hits him, causing Ponyboy to run away. The girls defuse the situation by going home with the socs. Johnny recognizes Bob as a soc who beat him up. Later, the boys walk the girls home when their boyfriends, Bob and Randy, confront them. After Dally leaves, Cherry and her friend Marcia invite Ponyboy and Johnny to sit with them. One night, Ponyboy, Johnny and Dally go to a drive-in, where Dally tries to hit on "Cherry". While Ponyboy is walking home some socs beat him up. The Curtis brothers live together, with Darry taking on a parental role because their parents died in an accident. Their rivals are the socs (short for socials, pronounced soshes), wealthier kids from the other side of town.

In 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma, greasers Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers, Darrel ("Darry"), and Sodapop ("Soda"), as well as Johnny, Dallas ("Dally"), "Two-Bit", and Steve hang out. Over the years, the film has earned a cult following. The film performed well at the box office, grossing $33.7 million on a $10 million budget. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, most notably for the performances, with Macchio being singled out for praise. This Is Now (1985), the only Hinton film adaptation not to star Dillon.


Estevez went on to write and star in That Was Then. Both Lane and Dillon went on to appear in Coppola's related film Rumble Fish Dillon and Estevez also starred in Tex (1982). The film helped spark the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s. Thomas Howell (who garnered a Young Artist Award), Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and Diane Lane. The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars, including C. Jo Ellen Misakian, a librarian at Lone Star Elementary School in Fresno, California, and her students were responsible for inspiring Coppola to make the film. Hinton and was released on March 25, 1983, in the United States. The film is an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
