"They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong." When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.

Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

"When he pours, he reigns." A talented New York bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.