What's the Difference between The Firm the Book and The Firm the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Mitch McDeere
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Mitch McDeere
Portrayed by: Tom Cruise
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Abby McDeere
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Abby McDeere
Portrayed by: Jeanne Tripplehorn
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Avery Tolleson
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Avery Tolar
Portrayed by: Gene Hackman
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Tammy Hemphill
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Tammy Hemphill
Portrayed by: Holly Hunter
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Wayne Tarrance
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Wayne Tarrance
Portrayed by: Ed Harris
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Thomas Abanks
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Thomas Abanks
Portrayed by: Sullivan Walker
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In the Book |
In the Movie |
Tammy drugs Tolleson and "sleeps" with him. She steals files from his room while he is asleep and in the morning convinces him that they had sex the last night. Firm hit men later find Tolleson hiding in a girlfriend's apartment. They make his death look like a burglary gone wrong. |
Abby sleeps with Avery Tolar. After doing so he realizes that the Firm hit men are coming for him and tells Abby to run away. It is implied that Tolar is murdered by the Firm. |
Abby drugs Tolar. |
Tammy drugs Tolar.
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Abby and Mitch wind up "on the run" forever. |
They "get their lives back". |