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The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
Director:Farhad Safinia
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.
Release:
2019 / 03 / 07
Rating:
7.154
Genres & Subgenres:
Historical
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Tags:
Mel Gibson
as
James Murray
Sean Penn
as
Dr. William Chester Minor
Eddie Marsan
as
Muncie
Natalie Dormer
as
Eliza Merrett
Ioan Gruffudd
as
Henry Bradley
Steve Coogan
as
Frederick James Furnivall
Jeremy Irvine
as
Charles Hall
Jennifer Ehle
as
Ada Murray
Aidan McArdle
as
Defence Attorney Clarke
Christopher Maleki
as
Joseph
Stephen Dillane
as
Dr. Richard Brayne
David O'Hara
as
Church
Laurence Fox
as
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann
as
Max Mueller
Anthony Andrews
as
Benjamin Jowett