![]() In addition, John Fetterman, then Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, and his wife, Gisele, appear as a couple in an uncredited cameo. Fred Hechinger as Cadet Randolph Ballinger.He lets her hair ribbon float away in the wind, saying "Rest, my love". Landor is later seen standing at the cliff where his daughter leapt to her death. Poe tells Landor he has two notes with handwriting samples that can link Landor directly to the murders, but before leaving, Poe burns them. After killing Ballinger, Landor mutilated his corpse to make it appear that the cadet had been murdered by the same "madman" who had desecrated Fry's body. Lea and Artemus later stole the heart for their ritual. However, a patrol happened to walk by, so Landor was forced to leave the body there. He left the note for Fry, luring him to a lonely spot before hanging him. Landor did not disclose this to anyone, but pretended that she had run away.ĭistraught, Landor set out to avenge his daughter. Traumatized by the experience, she later killed herself by jumping off a cliff. Two years previously, Landor's daughter Mattie was raped by Fry, Ballinger, and Stoddard after attending her first ball. Threading together all the information that he has gathered, it becomes apparent that Landor was in fact the killer of the cadets. However, after recovering from his near-death experience, Poe confronts Landor with his realization that the handwriting on the note fragment found in Fry's hand matches that of Landor. Thinking that the case is now solved, the military thanks Landor for his service. Landor manages to arrive in time to rescue Poe, but the building catches fire and Lea and Artemus die. However, he is drugged and wakes to find that Artemus and Lea are about to cut out his heart, in accordance with the ritual to cure Lea. Poe is enchanted by Lea and volunteers to do whatever she wants. Marquis, who admits that he had resorted to black magic to cure Lea of her seizures, and initially she appeared to improve. Marquis's house, Landor finds an old officer's uniform a man impersonating an officer had been involved in the mutilation of Fry's body. Particular suspicion is placed on his son Artemus and his daughter Lea (who suffers from random seizures). Daniel Marquis, who was first brought into the investigation to perform the autopsy on Fry. Landor and Poe begin to suspect the family of Dr. A third cadet, Stoddard, who was a colleague of the two victims, then disappears, and it is presumed by Landor that this man had reason to believe he was next in line to be killed. After a cow and a sheep are found in the area, butchered and with their hearts removed, it is deduced that the murder could be linked to black magic rituals.Īnother cadet, Ballinger, goes missing and is later found hanged, with both his heart and his genitals removed. Poe and Landor deduce from the writing on the note fragment that it was summoning Fry to a secret meeting. ![]() Landor secretly enlists the help of Edgar Allan Poe, another cadet at the academy, who has expressed an interest in the case. Also, marks on Fry's neck and fingers suggest that he did not hang himself, but was murdered. In the morgue, examining the corpse, Landor finds a small fragment of a note clutched tightly in Fry's hand. Landor is a widower who lives alone since his daughter Mattie ran off a few years previously.Īfter Fry was hanged, his heart was removed from his body. In October 1830, alcoholic retired detective Augustus Landor is asked by the military to investigate the hanging of Cadet Leroy Fry at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. The Pale Blue Eye was released in select cinemas on December 23, 2022, before its streaming release on Januby Netflix. Its plot follows veteran detective Augustus Landor in 1830 West Point, New York, as he investigates a series of murders at the United States Military Academy with the aid of Edgar Allan Poe, a young military cadet. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall, and Robert Duvall. The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American mystery thriller film written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Louis Bayard. ![]()
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