The Professor and the Madman(2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

71

2h 4m

  • History,
  • Drama,
  • Mystery

Overview

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 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

  • Steve Coogan

    Steve Coogan

    Frederick James Furnivall

  • Laurence Fox

    Laurence Fox

    Philip Lyttelton Gell

  • Lars Brygmann

    Lars Brygmann

    Max Mueller

  • Brendan Patricks

    Brendan Patricks

    Winston Churchill

  • Adam Fergus

    Adam Fergus

    Alfred Minor

  • Brian Fortune

    Brian Fortune

    Head Board Member

  • Aidan McArdle

    Aidan McArdle

    Defence Attorney Clarke

  • David Crowley

    David Crowley

    Parfit

  • Kieran O'Reilly

    Kieran O'Reilly

    Minor's Father

  • Bryan Murray

    Bryan Murray

    Henry Liddell

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    Status

    Released (Mar 7, 2019)

    Budget

    $25,000,000

    Revenue

    $4,957,273

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