Hinton's novel "The Outsiders" wraps its greaser characters in such a golden glow ... through bruised but ultimately triumphant in face of all those deadening "socs" comments.

Thomas Howell won the lead role of The Outsiders. Howell’s character, Ponyboy Curtis ... The Soc at the center of it all, Diane Lane’s Cherry Valance finds a kindred spirit in Ponyboy — which royally ...