← Back to films

The Firm

Name: The Firm
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1993-06-30
Duration: 154 min
Rating: 6.744

★ 6,7 /10 (2,349 Votes)

1993 EN 154 min

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...

Stream

Rent

Buy

Release date

30/06/1993

Votes

2,349

Popularity

10.4

Power can be murder to resist.

Genres

Drama Mystery Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

154 min

Budget

$42,000,000

Revenue

$270,248,367

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

Barbara Garrick

Kay Quinn

Jerry Hardin

Royce McKnight

Paul Calderon

Thomas Richie

Jerry Weintraub

Sonny Capps

Sullivan Walker

Barry Abanks

Karina Lombard

Young Woman on the Beach

Margo Martindale

Nina Huff

John Beal

Nathan Locke

Dean Norris

The Squat Man

Lou Walker

Frank Mulholland

No photo

Debbie Turner

Rental Agent

Tommy Cresswell

Wally Hudson

David A. Kimball

Randall Dunbar

No photo

Don Jones

Attorney

No photo

Michael Allen

Attorney

No photo

Levi Frazier Jr.

Restaurant Waiter

No photo

Brian Casey

Telephone Installer

No photo

William J. Parham

Minister

No photo

Victor Nelson

Cafe Waiter

No photo

Richard Ranta

Congressman Billings

No photo

Janie Paris

Madge

No photo

Frank Crawford

Judge

No photo

Bart Whiteman

Dutch

David Dwyer

Prison Guard

No photo

Mark Whitman Johnson

FBI Agent

No photo

Jerry Chipman

FBI Agent

No photo

Jimmy Lackie

Technician

Afemo Omilami

Cotton Truck Driver

No photo

Clint Smith

Cotton Truck Driver

No photo

Susan Elliott

River Museum Guide

No photo

Erin Branham

River Museum Guide

No photo

Ed Connelly

Pilot

No photo

Joey Anderson

Ruth

No photo

Deborah Thomas

Quinns' Maid

No photo

Tommy Matthews

Elvis Hemphill

No photo

Chris Schadrack

Lawyer Recruiter

Jeffrey Buckner Ford

Lawyer Recruiter

Jonathan Kaplan

Lawyer Recruiter

No photo

Rebecca Glenn

Young Woman at Patio Bar

Terri Welles

Woman Dancing with Avery

Greg Goossen

Vietnam Veteran

No photo

Jeane Aufdenberg

Car Rental Agent

No photo

Bill Booth

Seaplane Pilot

No photo

Ollie Nightingale

Restaurant Singer

No photo

Teenie Hodges

Restaurant Lead Guitarist

No photo

Little Jimmy King

Memphis Street Musician

No photo

James White

Singer at Hyatt

Paul Sorvino

Tommy Morolto (uncredited)

Joe Viterelli

Joey Morolto (uncredited)

Andy Armstrong

Bad Beach Man (uncredited)

No photo

Ken Axmaker Jr.

Student (uncredited)

No photo

Thomas Callahan

Attorney (uncredited)

Doshia Darmane

Girl (uncredited)

No photo

Julia Hayes

Girl in Bar (uncredited)

No photo

KaiCarra

Juror (uncredited)

No photo

Tom McCrory

Associate (uncredited)

Yvonne Sayers

Young Girl (uncredited)

Ron Clinton Smith

Cotton Truck Driver #1 (uncredited)

No photo

Scott Sumers

Student (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

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 until clues mount up that the firm has a sinister side. Gene Hackman plays his mentor at the firm while Ed Harris appears as an FBI agent. Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn and Gary Busey are a…

Read full review →

**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 John Grisham, the script follows Mitch, a young lawyer who has just been hired by a large and important law firm in Memphis, Tennessee. The job is irresistible: a high salary, several perks, a car an…

Read full review →

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 what appears to be a boating accident, then he is approached by the FBI and given some shocking news about his new employers and their involvement with the Chicago mob. Using something between the carr…

Read full review →