The Professor and the Madman (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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $25,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $4,957,273.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 11.356 |
Directed By
Farhad Safinia
Crew
Dino Jonsäter
Farhad Safinia
Dan Hubbard
Farhad Safinia
Gastón Pavlovich
Mel Gibson
Todd Komarnicki
Bruce Davey
Tom Conroy
John Boorman
Kasper Tuxen
Bear McCreary
Simon Winchester
Giedrius Nagys
Paul Carroll
Martin White
Darron Costello
David Flynn
Gary Robinson
Martin Kenny
Andrew Eadie
Norman Kelly
Stephen Ryan
Brendan Condren
David Byrne
Lemuel Black
Phil Lonergan
Michael Hanna
Paul Thompson
Eimear O'Grady
Donal O'Shea
TOP 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
Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller
Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor
Brian Fortune
Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley
Parfit
Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father
Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell
Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #1
Christopher Maleki
Joseph
Sean Duggan
Tom Coleman
Bryan Quinn
Sir Richard
Steve Gunn
Lambeth Man
Malcolm Freeman
Colonel
Joe McKinney
Attendant No.1
Olivia McKevitt
Clare Merrett
Shane Noone
George Merrett
Robert McCormack
Harold Murray
Ronan O'Connor
Gate Guard
John Morton
Scriptorium Assistant
Abigail Coburn
Elsie Murray
Paul Gough
Guard
Lucas Browne
Eastman Minor
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