Before Tom Cruise saved action movies 30 years ago, he kickstarted the legal thriller

In the ‘90s, all Cruise needed to take down a villain was a fax machine.

Hundreds of years from now, historians will think the people of the 1990s considered it an unforgivable faux pas to board an airplane without a John Grisham novel in their possession.

But it all began with The Firm. Hollywood’s first Grisham adaptation, based on his first bestseller, needed a star worthy of the burgeoning brand.

Enter Tom Cruise. FULL STORY from Inverse