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The Professor and the Madman

2019

2h 4m

7.10

History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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

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

John Morton

Scriptorium Assistant

Abigail Coburn

Elsie Murray

Ronan O'Connor

Gate Guard

Paul Gough

Guard

Lucas Browne

Eastman Minor

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