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The Professor and the Madman(2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

  • March 7, 2019
  • 2 h 4 min
  • 12
  • History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.1TMDB · 1,309 votes
7.2IMDb
42%Rotten Tomatoes
27/100Metacritic

Directed by: Farhad Safinia

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

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