The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye
Release poster
Directed byScott Cooper
Screenplay byScott Cooper
Based onThe Pale Blue Eye
by Louis Bayard
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMasanobu Takayanagi
Edited byDylan Tichenor
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • December 23, 2022 (2022-12-23) (United States)
  • January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06) (Netflix)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$72 million

The Pale Blue Eye is a 2022 American period mystery 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 (Harry Melling), 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.

The Pale Blue Eye was released in select cinemas on December 23, 2022, before its streaming release on January 6, 2023, by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews.