Directed by:
Bryan Singer

Starring:
Stephen Baldwin as Michael McManus
Gabriel Byrne as Dean Keaton
Benicio Del Toro as Fred Fenster
Kevin Pollak as Todd Hockney
Kevin Spacey as Roger 'Verbal' Kint
Chazz Palminteri as Dave Kujan, US Customs
Pete Postlethwaite as Kobayashi
Suzy Amis as Edie Finneran
Giancarlo Esposito as Jack Baer, FBI
Dan Hedaya as Sgt. Geoffrey 'Jeff' Rabin

• The question of usual suspects is "who is Keyser Soze?" Here's a hint: Keyser is Hungarian for "Verbal" the name of the culprit. - Jaymi
  • Correction: This comment is just plain wrong (and silly). "Keyser" is a Hungarian variation on the name "Caeser", which is quite appropriate for the commanding character of Soze. Soze would have to be pretty stupid to use a direct translation of his own name as an alias. - rick
    • Correction: Jaymi is right when writing Keyser was Hungarian for "verbal". Listen to the commentary by director Byran Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie on the DVD, one of them says the exact same thing. - Coolpac
      • Correction: I checked the DVD... "Sose" is the word that supposedly translates to "verbal." Keyser quite clearly means "Caeser" or "King." Furthermore, whether or not the authors are correct about the translation of "sose" to "verbal" is debatable. An online "Hungarian-English" dictionary yielded the following translations for the English word "Verbal" - "szóbeli, igei, igenév, szó szerinti, betû szerinti." Only the fourth translation, "szó szerinti" seems to lend any credence to Singer's claim. If it's shortened to "szó sze" and the vowels are slightly mispronounced then it sounds something like "sose"; But that ignores the whole "rinti" part of the hungarian word, making "szó sze" essentially a gibberish word in Hungarian and thus, not a translation of anything. - rick
        • Correction: No they are right I've watched the extra features on the DVD and the translation is meant to be King Talks to much. - Damo
      • Correction: Keyser is not a Hungarian word; it's from the German version of ceasar (Kaiser). All Hungarians know about the word living so close to German culture and being part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Trust me on this one; I'm from Budapest. (Source: Knowledge of my mother tounge) - Balaz

• The line-up scene was originally shot as a serious scene, but after a long day of filming the actors couldn't keep a straight face and the shots of the cracking up were left in the film. - Jaymi
  • Listen to a wav from the line-up scene:
    - "Gimme the fucking keys, you fucking cocksucker motherfucker aaaaah!" - "Knock it off, get back."
    • Link: The Usual Suspects Sounds

• Almost nobody in the cast knew who Keyser Soze was. After the premiere Gabriel Byrne said: I thought I was Keyser Soze. - Obese

• When the main characters open the briefcase that is a "gift" from Keyser Soze, they find a bunch of envelopes addressed to each of them. If you look closely, you can see that Soze had the foresight to stack the envelopes in the order that the characters die. - Goldenboy

• When Verbal is first introduced to the rest of the gang, following the line-up in NY, he tells them that his real first name is Roger. (Never mentioned again, and turns out to be false.) - Overmind

• The ship featured in the climax of the film is never mentioned by name. Only in the scene where Kaiser (Kayser?) is descending the ship's ladder can the name be seen painted on the bow: Tanager. - Overmind

• When agent Kuyon is roasting Verbal in the office he starts pushing him around and shouting at him. "You're covering up for him because you think he's your friend..." As Verbal falls to the floor he clearly says (if you're listening to him and not agent Kuyon) "I did. I did kill Keaton" (Source: the film) - TinaX-iT

• Quentin Tarantino appeared in this movie. (Source: Bravo TV) - cc