| "Hate to tell you this buddy, but you have to wear clothes to work. There's a law or something." |
| — Steve to Sodapop when Soda gets ready for work in The Outsiders, page 109 |
Steve Randle is a Greaser and a member of the Curtis Gang.
Appearance
Steve is seventeen years old. He is tall, lean, cocky, and smart. He likes to comb his thick, greasy hair in complicated swirls, and he's been Sodapop's best friend since grade school.
Personality
Steve's specialty is cars. He works at the DX gas station with Sodapop. Steve also considers Pony "a tag along." Steve is neither described much in the book nor in the movie.
According to Ponyboy, Darry is nicknamed "Superman" or "Muscles" by his fellow Greasers, but Steve once made the mistake of calling him "all brawn and no brain," and Darry almost shattered Steve's jaw. Although Steve acts rude and cocky at times, he cares for all his friends/gang members like when he told Johnny not to worry about the Socs coming into their neighborhood. Ponyboy said that if Sodapop were to be killed, Steve would kept on "fighting and hating".
He is played by Tom Cruise.