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The Raven (2012)

R03/09/2012Crime, Thriller, Mystery1h 51m

The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

Overview

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

Top Billed Cast

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    John Cusack

    Edgar Allan Poe

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    Luke Evans

    Detective Fields

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    Alice Eve

    Emily Hamilton

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    Brendan Gleeson

    Colonel Hamilton

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    Kevin McNally

    Maddux

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    Oliver Jackson-Cohen

    John Cantrell

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    Jimmy Yuill

    Captain Eldridge

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    Pam Ferris

    Mrs. Bradley

  9. Cast 1

    Brendan Coyle

    Reagan

Elementary my dear Edgar. The Raven is directed by James McTeigue and written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It stars John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Music is by Lucas Vidal and cinematography by Danny Ruhlmann. "On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found, near death, on a park bench in Baltimore, Maryland. The last days of his life remain a mystery" It's a real smart idea that the makers have here, putting their own theory forward on what happened in the lead up to Poe's death. Essentially a period whodunit procedural as Poe (Cusack) and Inspecto...