- Release Date:
- January 6, 2023
- Director:
- Scott Cooper
- Cast:
- Christian Bale, Lucy Boynton, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall
- Rating:
- R
- Runtime:
- 2hr 8min
- Main Genre:
- Crime
- Format:
- Streaming
- Studio:
- Netflix, Cross Creek Pictures, Grisbi Productions Le, Streamline Global Group
- Writers:
- Scott Cooper, Louis Bayard
- Tagline:
- Every Heart Tells a Tale
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Summary
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope just off the parade grounds. An apparent suicide is not unheard of in a harsh regimen like West Point's, but the next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has stolen into the room where the body lay and removed the heart.
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