Patrick Swayze in ‘The Outsiders’
The teen gang drama “The Outsiders” was chock full of some of the hottest actors of the 80’s (and today), and most of them were actually close to age-appropriate. The notable exception was Patrick Swayze as Ponyboy’s older brother and guardian, Darry. At 30, Swayze was a full ten years older than S. E. Hinton’s novel called for, and almost old enough to be the 14-year-old Ponyboy’s father.