The Professor and the Madman
Farhad Safinia2019-03-07
The incredible true story that defined our world.
7.149
124 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mel Gibson | James Murray | The Free Refills |
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Sean Penn | Dr. William Chester Minor | Goutbreak |
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Eddie Marsan | Muncie | Unowned |
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Natalie Dormer | Eliza Merrett | Unowned |
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Ioan Gruffudd | Henry Bradley | Unowned |
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Steve Coogan | Frederick James Furnivall | Goutbreak |
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Jeremy Irvine | Charles Hall | Unowned |
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Brendan Patricks | Winston Churchill | Unowned |
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Adam Fergus | Alfred Minor | Unowned |
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Jennifer Ehle | Ada Murray | Unowned |
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Brian Fortune | Head Board Member | Unowned |
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Aidan McArdle | Defence Attorney Clarke | Unowned |
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David Crowley | Parfit | Unowned |
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Kieran O'Reilly | Minor's Father | Unowned |
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Bryan Murray | Henry Liddell | Unowned |
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Oengus MacNamara | Bailiff #1 | Unowned |
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Christopher Maleki | Joseph | Unowned |
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Sean Duggan | Tom Coleman | Unowned |
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Bryan Quinn | Sir Richard | Unowned |
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Steve Gunn | Lambeth Man | Unowned |
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Malcolm Freeman | Colonel | Unowned |
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Joe McKinney | Attendant No.1 | Unowned |
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Olivia McKevitt | Clare Merrett | Unowned |
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Shane Noone | George Merrett | Unowned |
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Robert McCormack | Harold Murray | Unowned |
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Ronan O'Connor | Gate Guard | Unowned |
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John Morton | Scriptorium Assistant | Unowned |
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Abigail Coburn | Elsie Murray | Unowned |
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Paul Gough | Guard | Unowned |
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Lucas Browne | Eastman Minor | Unowned |
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Stephen Dillane | Dr. Richard Brayne | Unowned |
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David O'Hara | Church | Unowned |
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Laurence Fox | Philip Lyttelton Gell | Unowned |
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Lars Brygmann | Max Mueller | Unowned |
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Anthony Andrews | Benjamin Jowett | Unowned |