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The Firm

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The Firm	comment	The Firm is a 1993 legal thriller, based off the 1991 novel by John Grisham, starring Tom Cruise as a young attorney who gets in over his head when he begins working for a law firm with many secrets.Mitch McDeere (Cruise) is a recent Harvard Law graduate who is offered a prestigious position as a litigator at the law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke, headed by co-founder Oliver Lambert (Hal Holbrook), and soon finds himself showered with gifts, money and a new car. At the same time, he strikes up a friendship with senior partner Avery Tolar (Gene Hackman) and begins to learn the ins and outs of the law field. Mitch and his wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) are living the good life — until two associates who worked with the firm are mysteriously murdered. Unaware of what's going on, Mitch is contacted by the FBI, headed by Agent Wayne Tarrance (Ed Harris), and told that the firm is a corrupt group of lawyers with massive influence and connections to the mob. Faced with the prospect of losing his career and his wife, and with more people being murdered, Mitch realizes the only way he'll get out alive is to follow his own plan.The Firm was the first film adaptation of a Grisham novel, and featured an All-Star Cast of actors. The film was commercially and critically successful (racking up $270 million against a $42 million budget), and led to further adaptations of Grisham's works.A television series based on the film began airing in January 2012 on NBC, and was developed by Entertainment One Productions. The plot picks up ten years after the events of the movie, with Mitch (played by Josh Lucas) and his family deciding to leave the FBI's Witness Protection Program in order to "take back their lives". After he attempts to start his own law firm in Washington, McDeere is solicited by a bigger firm, Kinross & Clark, who brings him onboard as a litigator. At the same time, the son of one of the mob bosses indicted as a result of Mitch's actions a decade before swears vengeance on the attorney and his family.
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The Firm / int_137f467a	type	Hot Teacher
The Firm / int_137f467a	comment	Hot Teacher: Abby as she's played by Jeanne Triplehorn.
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The Firm / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
The Firm / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Subverted. The FBI walks Mitch's brother out the front door of prison without cuffing him or providing a return date and a guard on the firm's payroll alerts them immediately. And later on, when Devasher shoots a silhouette with a briefcase thinking it's Mitch - no, it's the nordic man, with noticeably longer hair than Mitch, who has worked with Devasher for a while (so he'd know about the hair length). And near the end, Mitch recovers the tape of Tarrance threatening him from his turned-over house - a tape the Firm's search squad somehow failed to locate, despite thoroughly turning over everything else.
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The Firm / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Firm / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The trucks which get parked in the alley next to the firm's building, whose drivers are seen arguing about it with the security guards at least twice, become crucial when Mitch needs to leave an office via the window.
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The Firm / int_23a79ebf	type	Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
The Firm / int_23a79ebf	comment	Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Gene Hackman wasn't in any of the promotional materials. In fact audiences were shocked when he showed up.
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The Firm / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
The Firm / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: In the climax of the film, Mitch likens what he knows about the mob's money to a ship at sea that could never reach any port. In the ending of the book, Mitch and his wife end up in exile, sailing around the Caribbean on a yacht. Ray and Tammy get that fate in the film.
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The Firm / int_27ae751	type	Swiss Bank Account
The Firm / int_27ae751	comment	Swiss Bank Account: Mitch orders Tarrance to provide him with $1.5 million deposited in an offshore bank account in exchange for collaborating with the FBI (prompting the reaction seen in the Sir Swears-a-Lot example).
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The Firm / int_28114487	type	Bald of Evil
The Firm / int_28114487	comment	Bald of Evil: Wayne Tarrance, arguably. He's an FBI Agent, but he's such an utter asshole (his "I could kick your teeth down your throat and yank 'em out your asshole, and I'm not even violating your civil rights!" rant is a perfect example of a Rabid Cop at work) willing to force Mitch into a position where he will be inevitably killed in order to get evidence on the firm's (and hopefully its unlawful clients') actions that "Well-Intentioned Extremist" doesn't really fit.
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The Firm / int_2a015a74	type	Beauty Equals Goodness
The Firm / int_2a015a74	comment	Beauty Equals Goodness: Cruise and Tripplehorn are high school sweethearts and generally moral and righteous people. For every other character, the older (and more unattractive) they are, the greater the chance they're corrupt.
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The Firm / int_3577923b	type	Murder by Mistake
The Firm / int_3577923b	comment	Murder by Mistake: Devasher kills the Nordic Man (who picked up Mitch's briefcase while the lawyer was hiding, and stood up to face a door) by accident after thinking that the silhouette behind the door was Mitch.
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The Firm / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
The Firm / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: This is how Mitch describes his proposal to charge the firm with overbilling rather than aiding and abetting organized crime; he says "it's not sexy, but it's got teeth."
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The Firm / int_3b7ba342	type	Nebulous Criminal Conspiracy
The Firm / int_3b7ba342	comment	Nebulous Criminal Conspiracy: The firm is a front for the mob.
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The Firm / int_3e34c4dc	type	Don't Ask, Just Run
The Firm / int_3e34c4dc	comment	Don't Ask, Just Run: Just before Mitch is called into a meeting with Lambert and the other partners, Tarrance reaches him through his secretary and tells him to blow his cover and run for his life. Instead of trying to bluff his way through the meeting, Mitch wisely does just that.
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The Firm / int_3fe2b13f	type	Ungrateful Bastard
The Firm / int_3fe2b13f	comment	Ungrateful Bastard: Tarrance, at the end - Mitch has given him enough to sink Bendini, Lambert and Locke utterly. And Mitch is correct that the mob can only launder their money via washing machine without lawyers - and while the mob might find replacements, there will be fewer takers after the downfall of Bendini, Lambert and Locke. And these things don't happen immediately - giving the FBI a small window in which to get the mob for tax evasion/avoidance if they put a foot wrong absent of lawyer assistance. And the arrested lawyers might talk, because disbarment is preferable to dying in prison (of old age, or of the mob taking revenge for being overcharged, or of the mob ensuring their silence). Despite all this, Tarrance still screams at Mitch for not doing things exactly as he demanded, and while he does finally let Mitch go after Mitch explains how and why his approach works, Tarrance does so begrudgingly and without even a word of thanks. Though after Mitch explained his end-game and gave him the blackmail tape, he is mollified and a bit amused—even impressed—and asks:
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The Firm / int_4427c24f	type	Earn Your Fun
The Firm / int_4427c24f	comment	Earn Your Fun: The firm makes Mitch deduce what his job offer entails by getting him to ask courtroom-style questions to the firm's hiring managers.
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The Firm / int_44f5d199	type	Pretty in Mink
The Firm / int_44f5d199	comment	Pretty in Mink: Abby gets a fox coat for Christmas when Mitch first joins the firm.
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The Firm / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
The Firm / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Crossing over with Properly Paranoid, Mitch is able to stay ahead of everyone with various contingencies, plans, precautions and code names. In the book, Tarrance gives him a "don't ask questions, just run" alert by calling the Firm and using the name "Judge Henry Hugo" which allows him to just walk (actually run) out the front door. Also in the book, he deliberately let his bugged BMW get stolen so he could rent a car and then deliberately chooses a color for his new BMW that he knows would have to be special-ordered. When he runs, he just leaves the rental in the Firm's parking lot, which amuses Lazarov when he finds out. He also arranges to have Ray at the same hotel that he sends Abby to so that he can watch her back, which allows them to spot one of their mob associates, disable her and escape. Mitch picking Panama City Beach for the three to hide in counts as it's a large tourist town with numerous cheap hotels where they can pay cash, use fake names and lay low. When the mob starts looking for them, they only end up drawing attention from the police which forces them to spread themselves thin. It also faces the ocean, which makes it the ideal escape point for the three. Abanks collects them on an electric dingy and they escape on a sailboat he bought on Mitch's behalf. In the film, Mitch escapes the Firm's building by going to an office that faces the alley, breaking out a window and jumping into the back of a cotton truck parked in the alley instead of facing armed security guards at the front door. Also in the film, he arranges for Ray and Tammy to be in the Caribbean, have money to live on and a yacht to move around in with the copies of the records stowed below as part of the Dead Man's Switch while ensuring Ray's freedom.
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The Firm / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Firm / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The film starts with Mitch and Abigail arriving at their new house in Memphis, and leaving the house (in the same car) at the end of the film when they decide to move to Boston.
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The Firm / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
The Firm / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: The entire firm of enticingly Amoral Attorneys throughout most of the film, and especially Avery Tolar.
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The Firm / int_581f6468	type	Hero of Another Story
The Firm / int_581f6468	comment	Hero of Another Story: At the beginning of the story, two of Mitch's coworkers, Kozinski and Hodge, are trying to escape from the firm's grasp and are scheming to help the FBI bring down the Amoral Attorneys. This gets them killed before they can appear onscreen.
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The Firm / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
The Firm / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: The ending of the book and film are radically different. Whereas Mitch uses his circumstances to skim money from the mob in the book, he breaks the firm and leaves with his integrity and ethics intact (but without much in the way of financial gain) in the film.
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The Firm / int_60194b82	type	Spanner in the Works
The Firm / int_60194b82	comment	Spanner in the Works: One in the book and one in the film: In the book, the mob asks another mob family who has a mole in the FBI about McDeere. It works for and against them as: When the mole meets up and is asked about McDeere, he denies knowing about him and needs two weeks to find answers despite already knowing everything and not giving them an answer right then. After meeting with them and exposing McDeere, the FBI immediately catches him and he breaks down and confesses on the spot. Which enables Terrance to immediately call and warn McDeere with a pre-arranged "don't ask questions, just run" code name. While he and the others manage to escape, it causes a major shake-up in McDeere's escape plans and they end up with both the mob and the FBI on their tails. In the film, the prison guard at Ray's prison is on the Firm's payroll. He notices something is wrong when Ray is taken away without being cuffed and with no return date. So he sends an unauthorized fax to the Firm. Like in the book, it ends up being a spanner for both sides as: While the fax ends up being received successfully and prints out, it then falls and rolls underneath the fax machine; which saves the protagonists and gives them more time. That is until DeVasher checks the machine when it beeps and berates his staff for not realizing the unit is out of paper. Then he notices the curled up fax on the floor, picks it up, reads it and starts hunting for Mitch. At about the same time, the Warden at the prison contacts Terrance about the fax and manages to warn Mitch; enabling him to escape just in time.
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The Firm / int_65acf9db	type	He Knows Too Much
The Firm / int_65acf9db	comment	He Knows Too Much: Standard operating procedure in the firm is to kill any lawyers that try to leave because they may blow the whistle on their illegal operations. Mitch manages to exploit it in the final act by advising the Morolto brothers that yeah, he do knows too much — and as long as they don't kill him that information will be kept confidential under attorney/client privilege.
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The Firm / int_67f56a51	type	Thrown from the Zeppelin
The Firm / int_67f56a51	comment	To anyone who understands Attorneyâ€“Client Privilege, this is a potential plot hole. The privilege is void in cases where the attorney and client are engaged in a criminal conspiracy. Which is definitely the case with the two lawyers that are killed (See Thrown from the Zeppelin below) as they did speak to the FBI (in the book and implied in the film).
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The Firm / int_6858aca8	type	Punctuated Pounding
The Firm / int_6858aca8	comment	Punctuated Pounding: After Mitch dropkicks Devasher when hanging from the ceiling, he repeatedly beats the bigger man with his briefcase and kicks him, while yelling "YOU SICK! SON OF A! BITCH!"
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The Firm / int_69d46274	type	Justice by Other Legal Means
The Firm / int_69d46274	comment	Justice by Other Legal Means: Mitch successfully ensnares the firm by using lawyer-client privilege to reach an agreement with the Morolto mob while proving every legal partner was guilty of over-billing their clients, thus allowing him to keep his status as a lawyer.
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The Firm / int_6b3c357e	type	Ivy League for Everyone
The Firm / int_6b3c357e	comment	Ivy League for Everyone: Played with. Mitch is a Harvard Law grad, and knows how exclusive and in-demand his education was, while people joke about his education (and the fact that he got absurdly high bar exam scores) throughout the film.
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The Firm / int_707bb8ce	type	Pair the Spares
The Firm / int_707bb8ce	comment	Pair the Spares: Mitch's brother and Lomax's secretary.
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The Firm / int_71748a39	type	Named by the Adaptation
The Firm / int_71748a39	comment	Named by the Adaptation: Inverted with the Nordic Man, whose real name was Aaron Rimmer in the novel.
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The Firm / int_746ef882	type	DidNotSeeThatComing
The Firm / int_746ef882	comment	Did Not See That Coming: In the film, neither the firm nor the Morolatos expected Mitch to take down the firm with Mail Fraud. When Mitch has Dutch unlock the door to the Office Manager to examine their bills before they open, he's not the least bit suspicious and doesn't report it. When they start shredding, they end up shredding the wrong files. When Mitch explains to the Moralto brothers that the firm has been over-billing their clients, they're quite surprised that he's actually planning to let them off the hook.
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The Firm / int_7ef7e1cd	type	Every Man Has His Price
The Firm / int_7ef7e1cd	comment	Every Man Has His Price: Tarrance tells Mitch about the firm's modus operandi: they "buy" the lawyer's loyalty with money, job security and support for private schooling, while gradually easing the lawyer into shadier activities. If the lawyer refuses to cooperate, the firm can threaten to bankrupt him, and if he persists, they kill him.
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The Firm / int_803e411	type	Betrayal Insurance
The Firm / int_803e411	comment	Betrayal Insurance: The firm arranges for Mitch to cheat on Abigail, photographs it, and then lets him know they've got this. They don't even suspect him of being an informant yet. This is standard procedure for the firm. Mitch photocopies all of the files the firm has on the Morolto Brothers and advises them that he has them when he meets them to discuss releasing their billing info so the firm will be nailed for overbilling, with the understanding that as long as the Moroltos don't try to assassinate him the files won't be sent to the Feds.
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The Firm / int_82b039b7	type	ArtisticLicenceLaw
The Firm / int_82b039b7	comment	Artistic Licence â€“ Law: Denton Voyles claims that Bendini, Lambert & Locke are the sole legal representatives of the Morolto Crime Family. But they are tax lawyers first and foremost, so who do the Moroltos go to for issues of criminal law, such as when a mobster gets arrested?
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The Firm / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Firm / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: In the book, it's mentioned that four other lawyers besides Mitch are currently uninvolved in any of the firm's criminal activity. As it becomes clearer that the authorities are snooping around, the partners debate about whether or not to fire the lawyers to eliminate a security risk, but it's never revealed whether they do so or whether the four get caught up in the FBI investigation despite their innocence.
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The Firm / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
The Firm / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: The firm's leadership stand in a room looking very displeased with Mitch like he might be their next victim, only to inform him that he didn't get the highest score on the Bar exam - he got the second highest.
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The Firm / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Firm / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Tarrance.
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The Firm / int_930a6407	type	Rewrite
The Firm / int_930a6407	comment	Rewrite: In the movie, Mitch and Abby get to drive away from the firm (and Memphis) without exposing the firm's ties to organized crime. In the novel, after Mitch does expose the firm's ties to the mob, they get to spend their lives in exile sailing a yacht around the Caribbean.
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The Firm / int_950bbfa7	type	Take a Third Option
The Firm / int_950bbfa7	comment	Take a Third Option: Mitch has two options, don't cooperate with the feds (which would risk jail time), or do cooperate with the feds and lose his license (while likely getting put into Witness Protection and/or getting killed by the Mafia). He manages to find a way to cooperate with the feds by getting evidence of his firm's criminal overbilling, which will not put him in the mob's crosshairs.
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The Firm / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
The Firm / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Wayne Tarrance got one when Mitch's brother escapes.
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The Firm / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
The Firm / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Both angels and demons, here. The firm is full of affable guys who have no problem blackmailing or killing Mitch and Wayne Tarrance is only affable until Mitch refuses to follow his request without anything in exchange (not even the promise of protection) and then cuts loose with a perfect example of a Rabid Cop's rant:
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The Firm / int_99298c71	type	Better to Die than Be Killed
The Firm / int_99298c71	comment	Better to Die than Be Killed: Avery Tolar takes this way out when he realises that Mitch has betrayed the Firm and their clients will in all likelihood be coming for him.
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The Firm / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Firm / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: When Mitch reports that the FBI approached him to the senior partners, the last thing they remark on is who they should bill the hour to that they've just spent talking about it. Billing looms large later A truck with sacks full of cotton appears in the scene immediately after - which provides a safe landing to Mitch later when he has to jump out of a window to escape the firm's enforcers
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The Firm / int_9d5a2cdf	type	Intimidating Revenue Service
The Firm / int_9d5a2cdf	comment	Intimidating Revenue Service: Mitch decided to pursue a career in law when tax agents shut down the pizza parlor he worked at for his first job; in his eyes, that proved that either you were someone who used the law to your ends, or you were someone the law was used on.
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The Firm / int_a922f8de	type	To Be Lawful or Good
The Firm / int_a922f8de	comment	To Be Lawful or Good: The main conflict Mitch faces in the last half of the film — if he takes down the firm, he loses his licence to practice law. Mitch Takes a Third Option, and drives a wedge between the firm and the mob to get out unscathed and protect his career. To anyone who understands Attorneyâ€“Client Privilege, this is a potential plot hole. The privilege is void in cases where the attorney and client are engaged in a criminal conspiracy. Which is definitely the case with the two lawyers that are killed (See Thrown from the Zeppelin below) as they did speak to the FBI (in the book and implied in the film). Also noteworthy is that Mitch isn't in on the conspiracy, is working for legitimate clients and only suspects something is seriously wrong when the FBI approaches him. Which introduces another plot hole: stealing records from his law firm at the direction (actually threat of prosecution) of the FBI makes those records, and any searches or seizures that result, inadmissible in court as Mitch was acting as an agent of the police. The records he steals from the mob would make him part of the conspiracy but he uses them as a Dead Man's Switch instead to protect himself and his loved ones.
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The Firm / int_aa0b5ae8	comment	Covert Distress Code: In the novel, Tarrance calls the firm and leaves a message with Mitch's secretary that "Judge Henry Hugo" wants to speak with him, which Mitch recognizes as Tarrance's "mayday code - a 'don't ask questions just run for your life' signal".
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The Firm / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: When Avery Tolar first meets Mitch near the beginning, he makes it very clear that all lawyers should keep a careful eye on what they bill a client, and tells Mitch to remember it well. It comes back at the end of the film, as this is what finally results in the firm's downfall.
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The Firm / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Throughout the film, everyone jokes to Mitch about his absurdly high bar exam score. This comes back to bite them in the ass when they inadvertently give Mitch the idea he needs to take down the firm. In the book, the Moroltos mislead the authorities into thinking the McDeeres had switched vehicles and moved inland. This ends their dragnet in Panama City Beach and leaves their group free to search for them. All it does it make it easier—though no less dangerous—for the McDeeres to slip away. They also end up spreading themselves thin since they attract unwanted attention from the remaining cops during their door-to-door search. By the time the McDeeres leave, they're working alone, hot, weary and lulled into boredom.
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The Firm / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Tarrance once he realizes that Mitch taped their conversation, in which he overexerted his authority and threatened to destroy Mitch.
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The Firm / int_b1dde8fd	comment	Loophole Abuse: Exhibited by the firm Mitch works for. As an example, they have connections with The Mafia and other unlawful groups, but as long as they maintain a certain percentage of innocent clients, they are still technically respectable enough to avoid an actual investigation (which is where Tarrance's strong-arming of Mitch comes in — he wants him to become The Mole so he will give the feds evidence under the table).
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The Firm / int_b5b3599d	comment	Amoral Attorney: Every lawyer at Bendini, Lambert & Locke. It's stated by Tarrance that the firm has just enough legit clients (30%) to make it look like an upstanding law firm.
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The Firm / int_b8198b96	comment	Also noteworthy is that Mitch isn't in on the conspiracy, is working for legitimate clients and only suspects something is seriously wrong when the FBI approaches him. Which introduces another plot hole: stealing records from his law firm at the direction (actually threat of prosecution) of the FBI makes those records, and any searches or seizures that result, inadmissible in court as Mitch was acting as an agent of the police. The records he steals from the mob would make him part of the conspiracy but he uses them as a Dead Man's Switch instead to protect himself and his loved ones.
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The Firm / int_bd196e3c	comment	No Escape but Down: Mitch has nowhere to go when he attempts to flee the firm's offices, so he breaks a window and leaps several stories down onto a flatbed truck filled with bales of cotton.
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The Firm / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Mitch McDeere.
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The Firm / int_c2e77f17	comment	Siblings in Crime : The Morolto brothers.
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The Firm / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: Mitch pulls off a beautiful one by the film's climax, by giving the FBI enough evidence to bury the firm in thousands of years of incarceration and millions in fines, while convincing the Moroltos that he will not disclose any information he has while he is alive, and implies that his death would lead to their own destruction with full disclosure of everything to the FBI.
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The Firm / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The film's tagline is one to The Godfather. At one point, Mitch says (in regards to Tarrance's threats that Mitch must cooperate) that "They don't run me, and you don't run me," a reference to a line spoken by James Caan in 1981's Thief, which featured a hitman facing similar circumstances.
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The Firm / int_ce82c89a	comment	Peer Pressure Makes You Evil: Averted. Mitch is completely oblivious to the backroom dealings of the law firm until an FBI agent basically smacks him in the face with the evidence that he's working for very corrupt people.
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The Firm / int_d43a63c3	comment	Elvis Impersonator: Tammy's truck driver ex-husband, who (in the book) had changed his name to Elvis Aaron Hemphill and moved his family to Memphis shortly after the real Elvis' death.
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The Firm / int_d6519b1b	comment	Rabid Cop: FBI Agent Wayne Tarrance tries to be this, once the affable act only makes Mitch dig his feet in and refuse to become his mole within the firm. It bites him in the ass: Mitch was wearing a Hidden Wire at that moment. He still pretends to relent and attempts to use Mitch's brother as leverage to strong-arm him in the third act, but much to his misfortune Mitch had a plan in place.
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The Firm / int_e3847ee8	comment	Cigarette of Anxiety: Tammy Hemphill smokes in almost all of her scenes.
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The Firm / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Mitch receives several job offers from Wall Street with all of them remarking how high he is in his graduating class - except for one of them. He wasn't in the top 5% of his class. He was in the top 5.
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The Firm / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Mitch may or may not have been kicking Devasher in the family jewels once he had him on the ground (but due to the angle it's hard to tell).
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The Firm / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: FBI Agent Wayne Tarrance is cordial to a point with Mitch... until Mitch decides he doesn't want to play ball with the FBI if he's going to be disbarred. Tarrance then switches to an arrogant jerk who boldly tries to intimidate him and his wife.
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The Firm / int_ebb900a7	comment	Resignations Not Accepted: Up until Mitch escapes, the firm murdered every associate who either tried to leave or tried to alert the authorities as to what was going on.
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The Firm / int_ec0ce986	comment	Spotting the Thread: Abigail gets suspicious of the firm when another wife informs her that the firm encourages children and won't disallow her from having a job of her own. Combined with the money and perks being thrown at them she quickly deduces that the firm is very controlling of its employees.
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The Firm / int_edebe3c8	comment	Plot-Based Voice Cancellation: Inverted when Mitch comes home after finding out the truth about the firm. Abigail has the stereo, and he turns it up in order to tell her what he knows so no one can overhear, which works because we the audience know already.
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The Firm / int_f1919d5b	comment	Being Evil Sucks: The last impression we have of Avery Tolar, Mitch's Evil Mentor. Abby walks away believing that he was, on some level, "decent".
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The Firm / int_f4a5b281	comment	Ceiling Cling: Mitch uses this (hanging onto a pole running across a ceiling) when he's cornered by Devasher and the Nordic Man in the abandoned building.
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The Firm / int_fb04ced0	comment	Excuse Me, Coming Through!: When Mitch escapes the assassins trying to kill him, he runs down the "up" escalator in a public square, prompting this statement.
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The Firm / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: The Moroltos get a moment of this when Mitch has the audacity to show up on their doorstep with a proposition when the only reason they were in town was to kill him.
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