THE PALE BLUE EYE

Synopsis

A seasoned detective investigates a series of murders at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point in 1830. He is assisted in his investigation by an intelligent and eager young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe, who will go on to become one of America’s most influential authors and the originator of the detective genre.

Written for the screen and directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles). Starring Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, and Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe. Based on the novel by Louis Bayard.