The Professor and the Madman (2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

Movie · History, Drama · 2h 4m · Rated 7.1/10 on TMDB · Released March 7, 2019

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.

Directed by Farhad Safinia

Cast

• Mel Gibson as James Murray
• Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor
• Natalie Dormer as Eliza Merrett
• Eddie Marsan as Muncie
• Jennifer Ehle as Ada Murray
• Jeremy Irvine as Charles Hall
• David O'Hara as Church
• Anthony Andrews as Benjamin Jowett
• Ioan Gruffudd as Henry Bradley
• Stephen Dillane as Dr. Richard Brayne
• Steve Coogan as Frederick James Furnivall
• Laurence Fox as Philip Lyttelton Gell

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