E. Hinton , and was made in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola . It starred C. Thomas Howell (Ponyboy Curtis), Matt Dillon (Dallas "Dally" Winston), Ralph Macchio (Johnny Cade), Diane Lane (Sherri "Cherry" Valance), Leif Garrett (Bob), as well as brat-packers Patrick Swayze (Darrel Curtis), Emilio Estevez (Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews), Rob Lowe