Avery changes his schedule, jeopardizing Mitch's plan, so Abby flies to the Caymans and seduces and drugs Avery to get the files. He and Tammy copy the billing records but need additional files from the firm's Cayman condo. He realizes it is mail fraud, exposing them to RICO charges. Mitch finds a possible way to save his career after discovering the firm regularly overbills its clients. Mitch confesses his one-night stand in the Caymans to Abby, who plans to leave him. The FBI secretly intend to return Ray to jail after Mitch provides the incriminating files. The FBI release Ray and transfer half the money to a Swiss account Mitch has set up. Mitch agrees to cooperate for $1.5 million and his brother Ray's release from prison. The FBI warns Mitch that his home is bugged and pressures him to provide evidence against the firm and the Moroltos. The deceased associates were killed when they tried to leave the firm. Mitch hires private investigator Eddie Lomax, a former cell mate of Mitch’s brother Ray, to investigate the associates' deaths, but Lomax is murdered by hitmen, witnessed by his secretary Tammy.įBI agents reveal to Mitch that BL&L's top client is the Morolto crime family of the Chicago Outfit, and most of the firm's lawyers are involved in a significant tax fraud and money laundering scheme. Meanwhile, the firm's security chief, Bill DeVasher, sends a prostitute to seduce Mitch and uses photos of the assignation to blackmail him into silence. On a work trip to the Cayman Islands, Mitch overhears a client mentioning how the firm's Chicago associates "break legs." At the firm's Cayman condominium, he finds documents linked to four deceased associates. Under Avery's guidance, Mitch discovers the firm's primary work involves helping wealthy clients hide money in offshore shell corporations and other questionable tax-avoidance schemes. Mitch passes the bar exam and works grueling hours, straining his marriage. Although the money and benefits, such as a new house, a Mercedes-Benz, and paid-off student loans have swayed Mitch, Abby resents the firm's meddling in employees' personal lives. Senior partner Avery Tolar mentors Mitch on the firm's strict culture of loyalty, confidentiality, and high fees. After he and wife Abby relocate there, he prepares for the Tennessee bar exam. Mitch McDeere, a top Harvard Law School graduate, accepts a lucrative offer from boutique law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Memphis, Tennessee. Holly Hunter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, while Dave Grusin was nominated for Best Original Score. Released on June 30, 1993, the film was a major commercial success, grossing $270.2 million against a budget of $42 million, making it the highest grossing film adapted from a Grisham novel and the highest-grossing R-rated film of 1993, and received positive reviews for the performances (particularly from Cruise and Hunter), although the screenplay received some criticism. The Firm was one of two films released in 1993 that were adapted from a Grisham novel, the other being The Pelican Brief. The film is based on the 1991 novel of the same name by author John Grisham. The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn and Gary Busey.
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