The Professor and the Madman (2019)
The incredible true story that defined our world.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 4m
- Director Farhad Safinia
- Genres Drama History Mystery Thriller
- Rating 7.1/10 (1,311 votes)
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.
Cast
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Mel Gibson
as James Murray
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Sean Penn
as Dr. William Chester Minor
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Natalie Dormer
as Eliza Merrett
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Eddie Marsan
as Muncie
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Jennifer Ehle
as Ada Murray
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Jeremy Irvine
as Charles Hall
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David O'Hara
as Church
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Anthony Andrews
as Benjamin Jowett
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Ioan Gruffudd
as Henry Bradley
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Stephen Dillane
as Dr. Richard Brayne
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Steve Coogan
as Frederick James Furnivall
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Laurence Fox
as Philip Lyttelton Gell
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Lars Brygmann
as Max Mueller
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Brendan Patricks
as Winston Churchill
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Adam Fergus
as Alfred Minor
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Brian Fortune
as Head Board Member
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Aidan McArdle
as Defence Attorney Clarke
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David Crowley
as Parfit
Crew
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Farhad Safinia
Director
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Kasper Tuxen
Director of Photography
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Dino Jonsäter
Editor
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Bear McCreary
Original Music Composer
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Gastón Pavlovich
Producer
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Mel Gibson
Producer
- Bruce Davey Producer
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Farhad Safinia
Writer
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Todd Komarnicki
Writer
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John Boorman
Writer
