The Professor and the Madman

★7.2 2019 Biography, Drama, History

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

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Mel Gibson Mel Gibson James Murray
Sean Penn Sean Penn Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer Natalie Dormer Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan Eddie Marsan Muncie
Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Ehle Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine Jeremy Irvine Charles Hall
David O'Hara David O'Hara Church
Anthony Andrews Anthony Andrews Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd Ioan Gruffudd Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane Stephen Dillane Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan Steve Coogan Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox Laurence Fox Philip Lyttelton Gell