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The Professor and the Madman(2019)

7.1(1290)
2h 4m
2019-03-07

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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Top Cast

Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett

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based on novel or bookprofessorlunatic asylumbiographybased on true storymental patientdictionary19th century

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