The Firm
"Power can be murder to resist."
DramaMysteryThriller
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
🎬 DirectorSydney Pollack
📅 Release1993-06-30
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioMirage Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Davis Entertainment
🗳 Votes2,301
🔥 Popularity6
💰 Budget$42,000,000
💵 Revenue$270,248,367
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🎭 Cast
Tom Cruise
Mitch McDeere
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Abby McDeere
Gene Hackman
Avery Tolar
Hal Holbrook
Oliver Lambert
Terry Kinney
Lamar Quinn
Wilford Brimley
William Devasher
Ed Harris
Wayne Tarrance
Holly Hunter
Tammy Hemphill
Karina Lombard
Young Woman on the Beach
David Strathairn
Ray McDeere
Gary Busey
Eddie Lomax
Steven Hill
F. Denton Voyles
Tobin Bell
The Nordic Man
Barbara Garrick
Kay Quinn
Jerry Hardin
Royce McKnight
🎥 Crew
Director
Sydney Pollack
Screenplay
Robert Towne
Screenplay
David Rabe
Novel
John Grisham
Screenplay
David Rayfiel
Unit Manager
Scott Ferguson
Chief Lighting Technician
Morris Flam
Unit Production Manager
Michael Hausman
Production Coordinator
Nanette Siegert
Property Master
Robin L. Miller
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🏷 Keywords
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💬 Reviews
When paradise turns into nightmare RELEASED IN 1993 and directed by Sydney Pollack based on John Grisham’s novel, "The Firm” is a crime drama/thriller starring Tom Cruise as a top Harvard grad lawyer who desperately wants to leave behind his working-class origins and takes a high-paying job at a firm in Memphis. He and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are ecstatic in their affluent new world …
**An excellent film, full of tension and suspense.** In my country there is a popular adage that probably also has an equivalent in other countries and that says “there is no beauty without a flaw”, that is, if something is too good, it must be wrong. And despite the excellent education and academic evaluations, the lawyer of this film seems not to know this simple truth. Based on a nove…
Before he has even passed his bar exam, aspiring lawyer "Mitch" (Tom Cruise) is offered an hefty salary to take a job with a prestigious law firm headed up by "Lambert" (Hal Holbrook). Needless to say, he and wife "Abigail" (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are delighted with his new Mercedes and their new home, but is this simply too good to be true? Well shortly after he joins, two of his colleagues die in w…
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