The Professor and the Madman

7.1 2019 124 min
History Drama Mystery Thriller

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr…

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Director
Farhad Safinia
Writers
Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia, John Boorman

Cast

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Mel Gibson James Murray
Sean Penn Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan Muncie
Jennifer Ehle Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine Charles Hall
David O'Hara Church
Anthony Andrews Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann Max Mueller
Brendan Patricks Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus Alfred Minor
Brian Fortune Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley Parfit

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