The Professor and the Madman

Name: The Professor and the Madman
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Farhad SafiniaWriters: John Boorman, Todd KomarnickiProducers: Bruce Davey, Gastón Pavlovich, Mel Gibson

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

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