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Movie 2019 124 min

The Professor and the Madman

History Drama Mystery Thriller
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Synopsis

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 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

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