Film

The Professor and the Madman

2019 · 2h 4m · History · Drama · Mystery

The incredible true story that defined our world.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

42%

Metacritic

27

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.

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

• Farhad SafiniaDirector · Writer
• Todd KomarnickiWriter
• John BoormanWriter
• Gastón PavlovichProducer
• Mel GibsonProducer
• Bruce DaveyProducer
• Kasper TuxenDirector of Photography
• Bear McCrearyOriginal Music Composer
• Dino JonsäterEditor
• Dan HubbardCasting

The Professor and the Madman | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical EntertainmentThe Professor And The Madman Official Trailer

Release date

March 7, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 4m

Rated

M

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$4,957,273

Genres

History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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