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 as Augustus Landor
- Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe
- Lucy Boynton as Lea Marquis
- Toby Jones as Dr. Daniel Marquis
- Simon McBurney as Captain Hitchcock
- Timothy Spall as Superintendent Thayer
- Robert Duvall as Jean-Pepe
- Harry Lawtey as Artemus Marquis
- Gillian Anderson as Julia Marquis
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Patsy