March 7, 2019
124 minutes
HistoryDramaMysteryThriller
The Professor and the Madman
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
(James Murray)
Sean Penn
(Dr. William Chester Minor)
Natalie Dormer
(Eliza Merrett)
Eddie Marsan
(Muncie)
Jennifer Ehle
(Ada Murray)
Jeremy Irvine
(Charles Hall)
David O'Hara
(Church)
Anthony Andrews
(Benjamin Jowett)
Ioan Gruffudd
(Henry Bradley)
Stephen Dillane
(Dr. Richard Brayne)
Steve Coogan
(Frederick James Furnivall)
Laurence Fox
(Philip Lyttelton Gell)
Lars Brygmann
(Max Mueller)
Brendan Patricks
(Winston Churchill)
Adam Fergus
(Alfred Minor)
Brian Fortune
(Head Board Member)
Aidan McArdle
(Defence Attorney Clarke)
David Crowley
(Parfit)
Kieran O'Reilly
(Minor's Father)
Bryan Murray
(Henry Liddell)
Oengus MacNamara
(Bailiff #1)
Christopher Maleki
(Joseph)
Sean Duggan
(Tom Coleman)
Bryan Quinn
(Sir Richard)
Steve Gunn
(Lambeth Man)
Malcolm Freeman
(Colonel)
Joe McKinney
(Attendant No.1)
Olivia McKevitt
(Clare Merrett)
Shane Noone
(George Merrett)
Robert McCormack
(Harold Murray)
Ronan O'Connor
(Gate Guard)
John Morton
(Scriptorium Assistant)
Abigail Coburn
(Elsie Murray)
Paul Gough
(Guard)
Lucas Browne
(Eastman Minor)
