
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.
Details
- Director
- Scott Cooper
- Writer
- Scott Cooper
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $72,000,000
Cast
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Christian Bale
Gillian Anderson
Harry Lawtey
Harry Melling
Lucy Boynton
Robert Duvall
Simon McBurney
Timothy Spall
Toby Jones
Keywords
1830s
based on novel or book
book
detective
gothic horror
historical figure
investigation
murder
occult
west point
winter
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