The Firm

1993 154 min ★ 6.7 Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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...

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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

Details

Director

Sydney Pollack

Screenplay

Robert Towne

Tagline

"Power can be murder to resist."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$42,000,000

Revenue

$270,248,367

Production

Mirage Enterprises, Paramount Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Scott Rudin Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

May 24, 2018

★ 9/10

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 unti...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

December 10, 2022

★ 9/10

**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 novel by...

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CinemaSerf

May 3, 2026

★ 7/10

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...