Details
- Status
- Released
- Release
- December 22, 2022 (3 years ago)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Origins
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Christian BaleAugustus Landor

Harry MellingEdgar Allan Poe

Lucy BoyntonLea Marquis

Toby JonesDr. Daniel Marquis

Simon McBurneyCaptain Hitchcock

Timothy SpallSuperintendent Thayer

Robert DuvallJean-Pepe

Harry LawteyArtemus Marquis

Gillian AndersonJulia Marquis

Charlotte GainsbourgPatsy

Hadley RobinsonMattie
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Crew View all

Scott CooperDirector & Writer

Louis BayardNovel
Tracey LandonExecutive Producer
Buddy PatrickExecutive Producer
Ryan Donnell SmithExecutive Producer
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External reviews
‘The Pale Blue Eye’: Christian Bale impresses again as detective partnered with young Edgar Allan PoeEven when the 19th century mystery takes some insanely big dramatic swings, Bale is immersed in his performance.
‘The Pale Blue Eye' Review: Christian Bale and Henry Melling Get at the Tell-Tale Heart of an Edgar Allan Poe MysteryScott Cooper expertly adapts Louis Bayard’s novel, with Christan Bale and Harry Melling at the heart of the mystery.
The Pale Blue Eye review: Christian Bale in a grisly murder mysteryAlso starring Harry Potter star Harry Melling and Lucy Boynton
The Pale Blue Eye: Period Detective Yarn with Occult Overtones Brings Thrills and Chills — Original CinBy Karen Gordon
Netflixable? Poet Poe and a Dogged Constable ponder grisly murders at West Point — “The Pale Blue Eye”There’s something about the world’s first detective novelist that makes writers and filmmakers envision him as a gentleman sleuth. A courtly, erudite rom...
'The Pale Blue Eye' Review: Murder Mystery Puts Young Edgar Allan Poe on the CaseHarry Melling (as Poe) and Christian Bale lead an impressive ensemble in Scott Cooper's atmospheric whodunit


