
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.

as Augustus Landor

as Edgar Allan Poe

as Lea Marquis

as Dr. Daniel Marquis

as Captain Hitchcock

as Superintendent Thayer

as Jean-Pepe

as Artemus Marquis

as Julia Marquis

as Patsy

as Mattie

as Cadet Randolph Ballinger

as Cadet Stoddard

as Cadet Fry

as Cadet Huntoon

as Mrs. Fry

as Benny

as Cadet Horatio Cochrane

as Cadet Hamilton

as Cadet Llewllyn Lee

as Lieutenant Locke

as Cadet Loughborough

as Reverend Zantzinger

as Eugenia

as Lieutenant Robert

as Bearded Man