Directed by:
Sydney PollackCinematography:
John SealeCast:
Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Ex-lawyer, John Grisham's first novel is brought to the screen by Sydney Pollack. Hot shot Harvard law graduate Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is headhunted and enrolled by a small firm of lawyers based away from New York City, offering him a large pay package. When the FBI tell Mitch that the firm is a front for the illegal activities of the Mob, he investigates further - endangering himself and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn). (Paramount Pictures AU)
(more)Cast
![Tom Cruise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/432/166432435_af1fc8.jpg)
Tom Cruise
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
![Jeanne Tripplehorn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/552/166552301_e9449e.jpg)
Jeanne Tripplehorn
USA
Best movies:
Basic Instinct (1992)
The Firm (1993)
Sliding Doors (1998)
![Gene Hackman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390326_ab06ca.jpg)
Gene Hackman
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
![Hal Holbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269206_f5873c.jpg)
Hal Holbrook
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
All the President's Men (1976)
Magnum Force (1973)
![Terry Kinney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/053/166053463_e1a6f5.jpg)
Terry Kinney
USA
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Sleepers (1996)
The Firm (1993)
![Wilford Brimley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/678/164678053_d09b52.jpg)
Wilford Brimley
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Brubaker (1980)
The Natural (1984)
![Ed Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886198_74013e.jpg)
Ed Harris
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Truman Show (1998)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
![Holly Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/104/166104488_3da54d.jpg)
Holly Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Incredibles (2004)
The Piano (1993)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
![David Strathairn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267817_d1e782.jpg)
David Strathairn
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
![Gary Busey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267442_e77803.jpg)
Gary Busey
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Lost Highway (1997)
![Steven Hill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274306_e102d8.jpg)
Steven Hill
USA
Best movies:
Running on Empty (1988)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Yentl (1983)
![Tobin Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273650_355506.jpg)
Tobin Bell
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Saw (2004)
![Barbara Garrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798593_ffc23f.jpg)
Barbara Garrick
USA
Best movies:
Pollock (2000)
The Ice Storm (1997)
The Firm (1993)
![Jerry Hardin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059637_09702e.jpg)
Jerry Hardin
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 6: Master Plan (1996) (video compilation)
The X Files: One Son (1999) (video compilation)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
![Paul Calderon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798570_7796e5.jpg)
Paul Calderon
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
21 Grams (2003)
![Jerry Weintraub](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276749_c0fcd2.jpg)
Jerry Weintraub
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's 13 (2007)
The Firm (1993)
Sullivan Walker
Trinidad and Tobago
Best movies:
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
The Firm (1993)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
![Karina Lombard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273514_d12960.jpg)
Karina Lombard
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
The Firm (1993)
![Margo Martindale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/063/167063620_78c7e8.jpg)
Margo Martindale
USA
Best movies:
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
The Hours (2002)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![John Beal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505291_c5fc4a.jpg)
John Beal
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)