The Professor and the Madman (2019)

"The incredible true story that defined our world."

7.1 March 7, 2019 2h 4m Released
HistoryDramaMysteryThriller

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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Cast

  • Mel Gibson

    Mel Gibson

    James Murray

  • Sean Penn

    Sean Penn

    Dr. William Chester Minor

  • Natalie Dormer

    Natalie Dormer

    Eliza Merrett

  • Eddie Marsan

    Eddie Marsan

    Muncie

  • Jennifer Ehle

    Jennifer Ehle

    Ada Murray

  • Jeremy Irvine

    Jeremy Irvine

    Charles Hall

  • David O'Hara

    David O'Hara

    Church

  • Anthony Andrews

    Anthony Andrews

    Benjamin Jowett

  • Ioan Gruffudd

    Ioan Gruffudd

    Henry Bradley

  • Stephen Dillane

    Stephen Dillane

    Dr. Richard Brayne

  • Steve Coogan

    Steve Coogan

    Frederick James Furnivall

  • Laurence Fox

    Laurence Fox

    Philip Lyttelton Gell

  • Lars Brygmann

    Lars Brygmann

    Max Mueller

  • Brendan Patricks

    Brendan Patricks

    Winston Churchill

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