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History / Drama

The Professor and the Madman

The incredible true story that defined our world.

20192h 4m 7.1/ 10

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.

Cast

  • Mel GibsonJames Murray
  • Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
  • Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
  • Eddie MarsanMuncie
  • Jennifer EhleAda Murray
  • Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
  • David O'HaraChurch
  • Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett
  • Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley
  • Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayne
  • Steve CooganFrederick James Furnivall
  • Laurence FoxPhilip Lyttelton Gell
  • Lars BrygmannMax Mueller
  • Brendan PatricksWinston Churchill
  • Adam FergusAlfred Minor
  • Brian FortuneHead Board Member

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