The Professor and the Madman
movie
The incredible true story that defined our world.
Released March 07, 2019
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.
Cast
Mel Gibson
as
James Murray
Sean Penn
as
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
as
Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan
as
Muncie
Jennifer Ehle
as
Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine
as
Charles Hall
David O'Hara
as
Church
Anthony Andrews
as
Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd
as
Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
as
Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
as
Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
as
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Crew
Dino Jonsäter
as
Editor
Farhad Safinia
as
Director
Dan Hubbard
as
Casting
Farhad Safinia
as
Writer
Gastón Pavlovich
as
Producer
Mel Gibson
as
Producer
Todd Komarnicki
as
Writer
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Bruce Davey
as
Producer
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Tom Conroy
as
Production Design
John Boorman
as
Writer
Kasper Tuxen
as
Director of Photography
Bear McCreary
as
Original Music Composer