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The Professor and the Madman

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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.

Director:
Farhad Safinia
Cast:
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan
Language:
English
Country:
France, Ireland, Mexico, United States of America, Iceland, Belgium
Status:
Released

Episodes / Parts

Feature

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

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