The Professor and the Madman

7.128

124 minutes

3/7/2019

Overview

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 List

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
Ioan Gruffudd
as Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
as Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
as Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
as Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann
as Max Mueller
Brendan Patricks
as Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus
as Alfred Minor
Brian Fortune
as Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle
as Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley
as Parfit
Kieran O'Reilly
as Minor's Father
Bryan Murray
as Henry Liddell
Oengus MacNamara
as Bailiff #1
Christopher Maleki
as Joseph
Sean Duggan
as Tom Coleman
Bryan Quinn
as Sir Richard
Steve Gunn
as Lambeth Man
Malcolm Freeman
as Colonel
Joe McKinney
as Attendant No.1
Olivia McKevitt
as Clare Merrett
Shane Noone
as George Merrett
Robert McCormack
as Harold Murray
Ronan O'Connor
as Gate Guard
John Morton
as Scriptorium Assistant
Abigail Coburn
as Elsie Murray
Paul Gough
as Guard
Lucas Browne
as Eastman Minor