The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

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.

Date of release
2019-03-07
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (1323)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Farhad Safinia

Casting

  • 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

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