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The Professor and the Madman

2019·2h 4m·Not Rated
DramaBiographyHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.2/10
55,127 votes
Metascore
27
Metacritic

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Chester Minor.

The Professor and the Madman is a 2019 drama biography movie directed by Farhad Safinia, starring Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Mel Gibson. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 from 55,127 votes and runs 2h 4m.

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Director
Farhad Safinia
Stars
Sean Penn
Eddie Marsan
Mel Gibson
Natalie Dormer
Details
2019-05-10
124 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ United States, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, United Kingdom
★ English
Keywords
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