The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

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. William Minor.

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  • Release Date: 2019-03-07
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Director: Farhad Safinia

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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

    • Kieran O'Reilly

      Minor's Father

    • Bryan Murray

      Henry Liddell

    • Oengus MacNamara

      Bailiff #1

    • Christopher Maleki

      Joseph

    • Sean Duggan

      Tom Coleman

    • Bryan Quinn

      Sir Richard

    • Steve Gunn

      Lambeth Man

    • Malcolm Freeman

      Colonel

    • Joe McKinney

      Attendant No.1

    • Olivia McKevitt

      Clare Merrett

    • Shane Noone

      George Merrett

    • Robert McCormack

      Harold Murray

    • Ronan O'Connor

      Gate Guard

    • John Morton

      Scriptorium Assistant

    • Abigail Coburn

      Elsie Murray

    • Paul Gough

      Guard

    • Lucas Browne

      Eastman Minor

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