The Usual Suspects

Jul 19, 1995

1h 46m

★ 8.2

Five criminals. One line up. No coincidence.

Overview

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Blue Parrot Productions

The Usual Suspects Trailers

Cast

McManus

Stephen Baldwin

Keaton

Gabriel Byrne

Fenster

Benicio del Toro

Hockney

Kevin Pollak

Verbal

Kevin Spacey

Dave Kujan

Chazz Palminteri

Kobayashi

Pete Postlethwaite

Edie Finneran

Suzy Amis

Jack Baer

Giancarlo Esposito

Jeff Rabin

Dan Hedaya

Smuggler

Paul Bartel

Saul Berg

Carl Bressler

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