The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects is a 1995 crime thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite and Kevin Spacey.
Plot
While lying badly wounded on a ship docked in San Pedro Bay, career criminal Dean Keaton is approached by a shadowy figure whom he calls "Keyser," who shoots him dead and sets fire to the ship. The next day, the police recover 27 bodies and only two survivors: Arkosh Kovash ("Ákos Kovács"), a Hungarian mobster hospitalized with severe burns; and Roger "Verbal" Kint, a physically disabled con artist. U.S. Customs agent Dave Kujan flies to Los Angeles from New York City to interrogate Verbal. The men are left alone in a borrowed office belonging to LAPD police sergeant Jeff Rabin while FBI agent Jack Baer visits a hospitalized Kovács. In an extended flashback, Verbal relates the events that led him, Keaton and their associates onto the ship.
Awards
Cast
- Benicio del Toro
- Carl Bressler
- Cástulo Guerra
- Chazz Palminteri
- Christine Estabrook
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Clark Gregg
- Dan Hedaya
- Frank Medrano
- Gabriel Byrne
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Kevin Pollak
- Kevin Spacey
- Louis Lombardi
- Michelle Clunie
- Paul Bartel
- Pedro Castillo
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Ron Gilbert
- Stephen Baldwin
- Suzy Amis Cameron