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The Professor and the Madman
2 hours 4 minutes2019-03-07
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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.
Cast
![Mel Gibson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jnqHMaOslt8cef2atSmOpGRvNla.jpg)
Mel Gibson
James Murray
![Sean Penn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lpZRNf56TmPsNNWZ7lhcgFM6rBc.jpg)
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
![Eddie Marsan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9atfOgIxhfOKvv2be8HEp6SzOct.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
![Natalie Dormer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3OlkHjDKDj9NKkFWXfLk7gcb2C.jpg)
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
![Ioan Gruffudd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8fZ1h879lO5lcKt9SG2UIXisq1k.jpg)
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
![Steve Coogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tT7OXc2qA6hlREHXdwGLp0XihzA.jpg)
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
![Jeremy Irvine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nPeBcyemdjH7zu8fL8gu9O0lnsb.jpg)
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
![Brendan Patricks](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tR5uE16nXhWesE9B3ij7MgspQ3M.jpg)
Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill
![Adam Fergus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wlnQZ7ucO4jnrE3jqfDwT1tz0vq.jpg)
Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor
![Jennifer Ehle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kMddVKineLFpxsUoGrb3E6edkOv.jpg)
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
![Brian Fortune](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vD0WpWvN5EyrT5FmcX8KZzRKsTu.jpg)
Brian Fortune
Head Board Member
![Aidan McArdle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//u4WvfQQ89EgsRJCz4lKduO6avC7.jpg)
Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke
![David Crowley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oVn3p9sZMMDSuwLki6WrWK51T4X.jpg)
David Crowley
Parfit
![Kieran O'Reilly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bliXgZTXDTg7cnuFwT6bLjojYJQ.jpg)
Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father
![Bryan Murray](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gZxkkg5Wgl2H36r2pYLChM0xdvG.jpg)
Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell
![Oengus MacNamara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1YczKFyqop5KV0VNBk9JvLnRGC.jpg)
Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #1
![Christopher Maleki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7X8ziMt2wm9atI9T6sEWEShutie.jpg)
Christopher Maleki
Joseph
![Sean Duggan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//p0StMgwXD2FQX1rel5zaYLBTzFK.jpg)
Sean Duggan
Tom Coleman
![Bryan Quinn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7aDIOZaj48RBnaqg4oVtvfuemrc.jpg)
Bryan Quinn
Sir Richard
![Steve Gunn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4xfe6euyt2OWIGurwDgCXnD7qOH.jpg)
Steve Gunn
Lambeth Man
![Malcolm Freeman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4hWs3aDw5J2988zAPoPslm5jVHs.jpg)
Malcolm Freeman
Colonel
![Joe McKinney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//niEs8Db2iuQZEc4GZVCGst7fxiS.jpg)
Joe McKinney
Attendant No.1
![Olivia McKevitt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gMPMJOrEMTLwexbk8KSrpS1hiGH.jpg)
Olivia McKevitt
Clare Merrett
![Shane Noone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pOOYTu8RZ80jh3cSIvWZj0PkbNk.jpg)
Shane Noone
George Merrett
![Robert McCormack](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7osXpXngkTeI19KJBhyLIjhxUWg.jpg)
Robert McCormack
Harold Murray
![Ronan O'Connor](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ronan O'Connor
Gate Guard
![John Morton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fupl0frMxZTPhSLZrrB3eGZ5mna.jpg)
John Morton
Scriptorium Assistant
![Abigail Coburn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k6ubqAk0W5HzhKOl2GML3PMvMpp.jpg)
Abigail Coburn
Elsie Murray
![Paul Gough](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paul Gough
Guard
![Lucas Browne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lucas Browne
Eastman Minor
![Stephen Dillane](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qjIa6pXD4Z7nL7nH2LxyHDfxNgC.jpg)
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
![David O'Hara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8Mqq3CqPv0d7K1SwaNfFNzcRfxX.jpg)
David O'Hara
Church
![Laurence Fox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4x273XNUg23P8OkGx6O3f6PuTjw.jpg)
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
![Lars Brygmann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fjeqaDHEeInfWjDqrH1nPIqhBul.jpg)
Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller
![Anthony Andrews](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kIZDuiguj7vQgc2md3XrZUBFAfO.jpg)