20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Usual Suspects

20. The Title's Classic Origins

Though the movie's title has existed as a general saying since long before The Usual Suspects ever hit cinemas, its origins are not-so-coincidentally cinematic as well.

The phrase was brought to the public attention and popularised by the 1942 classic Casablanca, where in the film's climax, Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) quips, "Round up the usual suspects."

But writer Christopher McQuarrie only indirectly lifted it from Casablanca, as he settled on the title after reading an issue of satirical magazine Spy with a column bearing the very same name, itself inspired by the movie.

Even so, if you're going to borrow, you may as well borrow from the best, whether intentionally or not, right?