The Firm
“Power can be murder to resist.”
Director: Sydney Pollack
Producer: John Davis, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin
Overview
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
David Strathairn
Ray McDeere
Gary Busey
Eddie Lomax
Steven Hill
F. Denton Voyles
Tobin Bell
The Nordic Man
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Reviews
9.0Wuchak
May 24, 2018
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…
9.0Filipe Manuel Neto
December 10, 2022
**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…
7.0CinemaSerf
May 3, 2026
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…