The Professor and the Madman
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Synopsis
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
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