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The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

Farhad Safinia

2019

  • History
  • Drama
7.1

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 & crew

  • Farhad SafiniaDirector
  • Mel GibsonJames Murray
  • Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
  • Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
  • Eddie MarsanMuncie
  • Jennifer EhleAda Murray
  • Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
  • David O'HaraChurch
  • Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett

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