

The Firm
Power can be murder to resist.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $42M
- Box office
- $270.2M
- Language
- English
- blackmail
- married couple
- fbi
- cayman islands
- memphis, tennessee
- mafia
- lawyer
- death
- law firm
- paranoid
- bar exam
- marital tensions
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical6 Feb 1994
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York23 Jun 1993
- TheatricalR30 Jun 1993
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1510 Sept 1993
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMhttps://www.classification.gov.au/titles/firm-28 Jul 1993
CanadaCA
- Theatrical30 Jun 1993
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical23 Sept 1993
AustriaAT
- Theatrical15 Oct 1993
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1430 Jun 1993
- PhysicalDVD7 Dec 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+4 Nov 1993
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1529 Oct 1993
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical12 Aug 1994
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-148 Oct 1993
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The Firm was released on 30 June 1993.
Audience reviews
3- W9/10
Wuchak
5/24/2018
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 and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are ecstatic in their affluent new world until clues mount up tha…
- F9/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
12/10/2022
**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 lawyer of this film seems not to know this simple truth. Based on a novel by John Grisham, the s…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/3/2026
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 too good to be true? Well shortly after he joins, two of his colleagues die in what appears to be a …
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