Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- The Professor and the Madman
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Revenue
- $5.0M
Where to watch free (US)
Kanopy
Hoopla
Fawesome
The Roku Channel
Tubi TV
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
Production Companies
Fastnet Films
22h22Caviar Antwerp NV
Definition Films
Zik Zak Filmworks
Voltage Pictures
