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The Professor and the Madman

Directed by Farhad Safinia
Not Rated
2019    2h 4mDrama, History,
7.239%79%
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
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  • Mel GibsonJames Murray
  • Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
  • Eddie MarsanMuncie
  • Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
  • Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley
  • Steve CooganFrederick James Furnivall
  • Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
  • Brendan PatricksWinston Churchill
  • Adam FergusAlfred Minor
  • Jennifer EhleAda Murray
  • Brian FortuneHead Board Member
  • Aidan McArdleDefence Attorney Clarke
  • David CrowleyParfit
  • Kieran O'ReillyMinor's Father
  • Bryan MurrayHenry Liddell
  • Oengus MacNamaraBailiff #1
  • Christopher MalekiJoseph
  • Sean DugganTom Coleman
  • Bryan QuinnSir Richard
  • Steve GunnLambeth Man
  • Malcolm FreemanColonel
  • Joe McKinneyAttendant No.1
  • Olivia McKevittClare Merrett
  • Shane NooneGeorge Merrett
  • Robert McCormackHarold Murray
  • Ronan O'ConnorGate Guard
  • John MortonScriptorium Assistant
  • Abigail CoburnElsie Murray
  • Paul GoughGuard
  • Lucas BrowneEastman Minor
  • Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayne
  • David O'HaraChurch
  • Laurence FoxPhilip Lyttelton Gell
  • Lars BrygmannMax Mueller
  • Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett
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