Thriller / Crime / Horror / Mystery /

Score: 68%( 1934 votes )

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.

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

Mathias Goldstein
Lieutenant Locke

Charlie Tahan
Cadet Loughborough

Bill Cwikowski
Reverend Zantzinger

Agnes Herrmann
Eugenia

Nicholas Bellavia
Lieutenant Robert

John Fetterman
Bearded Man