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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...
Language
Budget$42,000,000
Revenue $270,248,367
English
Budget$42,000,000
Revenue $270,248,367
Keywords
blackmail
married couple
fbi
cayman islands
memphis, tennessee
mafia
lawyer
death
law firm
paranoid
bar exam
marital tensions
legal thriller
secrets
tense
Casts

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

Paul Calderon
Thomas Richie

Jerry Weintraub
Sonny Capps

Sullivan Walker
Thomas Abanks

Margo Martindale
Nina Huff

John Beal
Nathan Locke

Dean Norris
The Squat Man

Lou Walker
Frank Mulholland

Tommy Cresswell
Wally Hudson

David A. Kimball
Randall Dunbar

David Dwyer
Prison Guard

Afemo Omilami
Cotton Truck Driver
Clint Smith
Cotton Truck Driver

Jonathan Kaplan
Lawyer Recruiter

Paul Sorvino
Tommy Morolto (uncredited)

Joe Viterelli
Joey Morolto (uncredited)
Janie Paris
Madge
Susan Elliott
River Museum Guide
Erin Branham
River Museum Guide
Joey Anderson
Ruth
Deborah Thomas
Quinns' Maid
Tommy Matthews
Elvis Hemphill
Rebecca Glenn
Young Woman at Patio Bar

Terri Welles
Woman Dancing with Avery
Chris Schadrack
Lawyer Recruiter

Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Lawyer Recruiter

Andy Armstrong
Bad Beach Man (uncredited)

Ron Clinton Smith
Cotton Truck Driver #1 (uncredited)
Julia Hayes
Girl in Bar (uncredited)

Yvonne Sayers
Young Girl (uncredited)
Crews

Robert Towne
Screenplay

Sydney Pollack
Director

John Grisham
Novel

David Rayfiel
Screenplay
David Rabe
Screenplay
Carla Corwin
Second Assistant Director
Michael Hausman
Unit Production Manager
Morris Flam
Chief Lighting Technician
Robin Alan Knight
First Company Grip
Robin L. Miller
Property Master
Bruce Ericksen
Costume Supervisor
David McGiffert
First Assistant Director
Nanette Siegert
Production Coordinator

Scott Ferguson
Unit Manager
William A. Farley
Key Hair Stylist
Anne Rapp
Script Supervisor
E.W. Bradford
Construction Coordinator
Ken Estes
Special Effects
Luke Reichle
Costumer
James C. Feng
Assistant Art Director
Elton MacPherson
Production Accountant

Andy Armstrong
Stunt Coordinator
Riko Schatke
Second Company Grip
Michael Gastaldo
Assistant Property Master
Jerry Jackson
Transportation Coordinator
Lauren Beth Strogoff
Publicist
Steven Curtis Husch
Assistant Set Decoration
Andy Day
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

François Duhamel
Still Photographer
Steve Bowerman
Boom Operator
Michael Dellheim
Location Manager
Marjorie McCown
Assistant Costume Designer
Karl F. Steinkamp
Assistant Editor
Matthew Sawelson
Dialogue Editor
Carolann Sanchez-Shapiro
Assistant Sound Editor
Phil Hetos
Color Timer
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith
Foley Editor
Chris Jargo
ADR Editor

Joyce Arrastia
Assistant Editor
J. Paul Huntsman
Supervising Sound Editor
John Haeny
Sound Effects Editor
John 'J.R.' Craigmile
Payroll Accountant

Debra Zane
Casting Associate

Doug Hemphill
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Carmen Flores De Tanis
Assistant Sound Editor
Jennifer Portman
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeff Rosen
Foley Editor
David L. Butler
Aerial Camera
Ted Whitfield
Music Editor
Adam Sawelson
Dialogue Editor
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael T. Wilson
Assistant Editor
Myron Nettinga
Sound Effects Editor
Gary Lewis
Dialogue Editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed
Negative Cutter
Jessica Gallavan
Supervising ADR Editor
Robin Borman-Wizan
Set Supervisor
Phill Norman
Title Designer
Lee McLemore
Grip
Jerry G. Henery
Construction Foreman
Mark Fabert
Construction Foreman

Jason White
Extras Casting Assistant

Scott Rudin
Producer
Michael Hausman
Executive Producer

John Davis
Producer

Sydney Pollack
Producer
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
William Steinkamp
Editor
Casey Hallenbeck
Set Decoration
David Rubin
Casting
Richard Macdonald
Production Design

Lindsay Doran
Executive Producer
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
John Willett
Art Direction

Keith Campbell
Stunt Double

John Seale
Director of Photography

Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Cody Frost
Driver
Sunny Johnson
Rigging Grip
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