While Macchio provides a child deal with, he was indeed twenty-two when he starred Johnny, Ponyboy’s best friend who arises from an enthusiastic abusive home. The guy sooner or later eliminates good “soc,” jump-doing the latest situations of your film.
Macchio, obviously, try most famous to have “Brand new Karate Son,” which was put-out the entire year immediately following “The fresh Outsiders.” It became a major international occurrence and you will spawned a business that had several sequels (1986’s “The Karate Man Part II” and you may 1989’s “The latest Karate Child Part III”), in fact it is nonetheless powering even today.