The Outsiders was made into a film starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Diane Lane, Tom Cruise, and Emilio Estevez. The 1983 Warner Brothers film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was a huge success and remains a popular film.
C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, and Emilio Estevez in a movie still from The Outsiders.
Fox-TV adapted the novel as a television series in 1990.
The Outsiders was also made...
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