Coming-of-age drama about teenagers growing up in the 1950s Midwest. The youngest of three orphaned brothers gets into trouble with the law after he and his "greaser" friend are attacked at a park by the rich "socs."
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
Written by
S.E. Hinton (novel); Kathleen Rowell (writer).
Starring
Matt Dillon (Dallas 'Dally' Winston); Ralph Macchio (Johnny Cade); C. Thomas Howell (Ponyboy Curtis); Patrick Swayze (Darrel 'Darry' Curtis); Rob Lowe (Sodapop Curtis); Emilio Estevez (Keith 'Two-Bit' Mathews); Tom Cruise (Steve Randle); Glenn Withrow (Tim Shepard); Diane Lane (Sherri 'Cherry' Valance); Leif Garrett (Bob Sheldon); Darren Dalton (Randy Anderson); Michelle Meyrink (Marcia); Gailard Sartain (Jerry Wood); Tom Waits (Buck Merrill); William Smith (Store Clerk). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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