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The Professor and the Madman

2019
Directed byFarhad Safinia
2h 4m

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.

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Mel GibsonJames MurraySean PennDr. William Chester MinorNatalie Dormer
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HistoryDramaMysteryThriller
STATUSReleased
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7.1

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