---
title: 'The Pale Blue Eye (2022)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Scott Cooper'
released: '2022-12-22'
runtime_minutes: 128
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pale-blue-eye-2022'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14138650/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

2022 · R · 128 min · Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American period mystery gothic thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapted from the 2006 novel by Louis Bayard. Set in 1830, the film stars Christian Bale as veteran detective Augustus Landor as he investigates a series of murders at the West Point Military Academy with the aid of Edgar Allan Poe, a young military cadet. The ensemble cast also features Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall in his last movie before his death in 2026.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Scott Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-cooper)
- **Screenplay:** [Scott Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-cooper)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Director of Photography:** [Masanobu Takayanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/masanobu-takayanagi)
- **Editor:** [Dylan Tichenor](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-tichenor)

## Cast

- [Gillian Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillian-anderson)
- [Toby Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-jones)
- [Harry Melling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-melling) as Edgar Allan Poe
- [Charlie Tahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-tahan)
- [Hadley Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hadley-robinson)
- [Timothy Spall](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-spall)
- [Gideon Glick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gideon-glick)
- [Christian Bale](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-bale)
- [Harry Lawtey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-lawtey)
- [Robert Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-duvall)
- [Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-gainsbourg)
- [Fred Hechinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-hechinger)
- [Lucy Boynton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-boynton)
- [Simon McBurney](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-mcburney)

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