The Professor and the Madman

Name: The Professor and the Madman
Genre: History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2019
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 7.116

2019 · 124 min

History · Drama · Mystery · Thriller

★ 7.1

Prime Video

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Farhad Safinia
Writer Todd Komarnicki
Writer Farhad Safinia
Writer John Boorman
Director of Photography Kasper Tuxen

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

Crew

Director — Farhad Safinia
Writer — Todd Komarnicki
Writer — Farhad Safinia
Writer — John Boorman
Director of Photography — Kasper Tuxen

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Intermission

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