Little Town in Oklahoma, 60s. In a long-standing conflict, gangs of teenagers - mud and vobs - confront each other. The first rule of grubbers is not to walk one at a time, the second is not to get caught. And always stand behind friends with a mountain, no matter what they do. 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis is sure that rich children - wobs, golden youth from the western part of the city - will never understand the guys from poor neighborhoods on the eastern side. And only one terrible night, one skirmish with vobs changes everything.