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The Professor and the Madman

7.1 / 10 7.1 2019 2h 4m

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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.

Directed by Farhad Safinia

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CAST

The people behind the story

Mel Gibson

Mel GibsonJames Murray

Sean Penn

Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor

Natalie Dormer

Natalie DormerEliza Merrett

Eddie Marsan

Eddie MarsanMuncie

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer EhleAda Murray

Jeremy Irvine

Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall

David O'Hara

David O'HaraChurch

Anthony Andrews

Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett