The Professor and the Madman
(2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

Released: 2019-03-07

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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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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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Ioan Gruffudd

as Henry Bradley

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Steve Coogan

as Frederick James Furnivall

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Jeremy Irvine

as Charles Hall

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Brendan Patricks

as Winston Churchill

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Adam Fergus

as Alfred Minor

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Jennifer Ehle

as Ada Murray

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Brian Fortune

as Head Board Member

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Aidan McArdle

as Defence Attorney Clarke

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Kieran O'Reilly

as Minor's Father

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Bryan Murray

as Henry Liddell

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Bryan Quinn

as Sir Richard

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Steve Gunn

as Lambeth Man

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