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The Outsiders

Name: The Outsiders
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1983-03-25
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7.175

★ 7,2 /10 (1,577 Votes)

1983 EN 91 min

Overview

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

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Release date

25/03/1983

Votes

1,577

Popularity

9.8

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

Genres

Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

91 min

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$33,697,647

C. Thomas Howell

Ponyboy Curtis

Matt Dillon

Dallas Winston

Ralph Macchio

Johnny Cade

Patrick Swayze

Darrel Curtis

Rob Lowe

Sodapop Curtis

Emilio Estevez

Two-Bit Matthews

Tom Cruise

Steve Randle

Glenn Withrow

Tim Shepard

Diane Lane

Cherry Valance

Leif Garrett

Bob Sheldon

Darren Dalton

Randy Anderson

Michelle Meyrink

Marcia

Tom Waits

Buck Merrill

Gailard Sartain

Jerry

William Smith

Store Clerk

Tom Hillmann

Greaser in Concession Stand

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Hugh Walkinshaw

Soc in Concession Stand

Sofia Coppola

Little Girl

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Teresa Wilkerson Hunt

Woman at Fire

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Linda Nystedt

Nurse

S.E. Hinton

Nurse

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Brent Beesley

Suburb Guy

John C. Meier

Paul

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Ed Jackson

Motorcycle Cop

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Daniel R. Suhart

Orderly

Trey Callaway

Soc (uncredited)

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Ronald Colby

College Professor (uncredited)

Flea

Soc (uncredited)

Cam Neely

Soc (uncredited)

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Jonnie Parnell

Hospital Lab Tech (uncredited)

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_**Artsy teen melodrama in mid-60’s Oklahoma from the perspective of a 16 year-old**_ In the Tulsa area in 1965 the rivalry between the Greasers (poor kids) and the Socs (rich kids) heats up after a gang member is killed. The Greasers supposedly responsible flee the area (C. Thomas Howell and Ralph Macchio), but ironically end up being viewed as heroes. Matt Dillon costars while the notable peripheral cast includes the likes of Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane and Leif Garrett. “The Outsiders” (1983) was one of two films Francis Ford Coppola shot back…

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Hmmm. Francis Ford Coppola has creatively produced a piece of superbly photographed and frequently quite intimate observational cinema here this is far more remarkable for it's casting than for anything especially innovative about the story or the characterisations. Indeed had seven of this cast not gone on to great and good things - to varying degrees - then I'm afraid I can't think this film would rate much better than as an interesting, "West Side Story" style derivate with neither the style nor the personalities. It is essentially a gang enmity film - the "Greasers" consisting of those at …

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