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The Pale Blue Eye
Mystery & Crime
Released 2022  /  130 min
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
Every heart tells a tale.
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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 Irving
Cadet Hamilton
Matt Helm
Cadet Llewllyn Lee
Brennan Cook
John Fetterman
Mathias Goldstein
Lieutenant Locke
Gisele Fetterman
Charlie Tahan
Cadet Loughborough
Bill Cwikowski
Reverend Zantzinger
Agnes Herrmann
Eugenia
Nicholas Bellavia
Lieutenant Robert
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Christian Bale
Augustus Landor
Harry Melling
Edgar Allan Poe
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Best Performance
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 Irving
Cadet Hamilton
Matt Helm
Cadet Llewllyn Lee
Brennan Cook
John Fetterman
Mathias Goldstein
Lieutenant Locke
Gisele Fetterman
Charlie Tahan
Cadet Loughborough
Bill Cwikowski
Reverend Zantzinger
Agnes Herrmann
Eugenia
Nicholas Bellavia
Lieutenant Robert
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Knew going into it that since it was a Scott Cooper film it would look great but the mediocrity would inevitably reveal itself. And I was right! Very nice looking, good cast, okay entertainment. Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe is the obvious highlight.
Grade: C / bobbybslax / Feb 6, 2023