Overview
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
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DirectorScott Cooper
WriterScott Cooper
Cast
Christian Bale
Augustus Landor
Harry Melling
Edgar Allan Poe
Lucy Boynton
Lea Marquis
Toby Jones
Dr. Daniel Marquis
Simon McBurney
Captain Hitchcock
Timothy Spall
Superintendent Thayer
Robert Duvall
Jean-Pepe
Harry Lawtey
Artemus Marquis
Gillian Anderson
Julia Marquis
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Patsy
Hadley Robinson
Mattie
Fred Hechinger
Cadet Randolph Ballinger
Joseph Brooks
Cadet Stoddard
Steven Maier
Cadet Fry
Brennan Keel Cook
Cadet Huntoon
Orlagh Cassidy
Mrs. Fry
Scott G. Anderson
Benny
Gideon Glick
Cadet Horatio Cochrane
Jack Irv
Cadet Hamilton
Matt Helm
Cadet Llewllyn Lee
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Keywords
based on novel or bookwinterdetectiveinvestigationhistorical figuremurdergothic horroroccultwest pointbook1830s
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