---
title: 'The Outsiders (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Francis Ford Coppola'
released: '1983-03-25'
runtime_minutes: 87
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-outsiders-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086066/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Outsiders (1983)

1983 · PG · 87 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton. 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [S. E. Hinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-e-hinton)
- **Director:** [Francis Ford Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford-coppola)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carmine Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmine-coppola)
- **Producer:** [Fred Roos](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-roos), [Gray Frederickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gray-frederickson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stephen H. Burum](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-h-burum)
- **Editor:** [Anne Goursaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-goursaud)

## Cast

- [Patrick Swayze](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-swayze)
- [Glenn Withrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-withrow)
- [Michelle Meyrink](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-meyrink)
- [Rob Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-lowe)
- [Paulo José](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulo-jose)
- [Sofia Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/sofia-coppola)
- [Emilio Estevez](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-estevez)
- [William Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-smith)
- [Leif Garrett](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-garrett)
- [S. E. Hinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-e-hinton)
- [Darren Dalton](https://cinepixo.com/people/darren-dalton)
- [Tom Cruise](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-cruise)
- [Diane Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-lane)
- [Gailard Sartain](https://cinepixo.com/people/gailard-sartain)
- [Heather Langenkamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-langenkamp)

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