Tom Cruise was in this.........so was Emilio E...............................Pat S..............Ralph M........who become the karate kid...........mister M............................



The film is noted for its cast of up-and-coming stars, including C. Thomas Howell (who garnered a Young Artist Award), Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Ralph Macchio, and Diane Lane. The film helped spark the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s. Both Lane and Dillon went on to appear in Coppola's related film Rumble Fish. Emilio Estevez went on to be in 'That Was Then... This Is Now, the only S.E. Hinton film adaptation not to star Matt Dillon.^[2]