PATRICK SWAYZE The OUTSIDERS Poster ROB LOWE Tom Cruise

Screenplay by Kathleen Rowell

Based on the novel by S.E. Hinton

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events. In the beginning Ponyboy Curtis (C. Thomas Howell) is walking home from the movies. As he is looking in a broken mirror he is reciting parts of the movie that he had just seen when a group of guys pull up in a blue mustang. They start to call him a greaser because he has greasy hair and he tries to ignore him. They are the Socials also known as the rich kids the South Side Socies. They end up following him and calling him a 'Grease'. They stop and get out. They say "Need a haircut grease?" and Pony starts to back up. The first Soc brings out a switch-blade and they all tackle him to the ground. One of them sits on Pony and keeps sayin "Need a haircut grease? I think this greaser needs a haircut." Ponyboy starts to struggle and the knife slips. The knife cuts his head, as he hears yelling from behind. He feels the Socies getting off of him and he gets up. Darrel Curtis(Patrick Swazye), Sodapop Curtis (Rob Lowe), Jonny Cade (Ralph Macchio), Steve Randall (Tom Cruise), Two-Bit Matthews (Emilio Esteveze) and Dallas Winston (Matt Dillon) come to save him. Sodapop jumps over the car while Steve grabs at the socies. Darrel makes sure Ponyboy is ok and Dallas picks up a huge stick and throws it at the leaving Socies.

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