The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

124 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, History | March 7, 2019

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.

The Professor and the Madman

124 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, History | March 7, 2019

The Professor and the Madman
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Fastnet Films, Zik Zak Filmworks, 22h22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films
Original title The Professor and the Madman
Directors Farhad Safinia
Writers Simon Winchester, Todd Komarnicki, John Boorman, Farhad Safinia

Cast

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

Brendan Patricks

as Winston Churchill

Adam Fergus

as Alfred Minor

Jennifer Ehle

as Ada Murray

Brian Fortune

as Head Board Member

Aidan McArdle

as Defence Attorney Clarke

David Crowley

as Parfit

Kieran O'Reilly

as Minor's Father

Bryan Murray

as Henry Liddell

Oengus MacNamara

as Bailiff #1

Christopher Maleki

as Joseph

Sean Duggan

as Tom Coleman

Bryan Quinn

as Sir Richard

Steve Gunn

as Lambeth Man

Malcolm Freeman

as Colonel

Joe McKinney

as Attendant No.1

Olivia McKevitt

as Clare Merrett

Shane Noone

as George Merrett

Robert McCormack

as Harold Murray

Ronan O'Connor

as Gate Guard

John Morton

as Scriptorium Assistant

Abigail Coburn

as Elsie Murray

Paul Gough

as Guard

Lucas Browne

as Eastman Minor

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