Overview - The Professor and the Madman

Date of release

Genres

  • History
  • Drama
  • Mystery
  • Thriller

Runtime: 124 minutes

Homepage: The Professor and the Madman

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$4,957,273.00

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Fastnet Films

    Production country Ireland

  • Name: 22h22

    Production country France

  • Name: Caviar Antwerp NV

    Production country

  • Name: Definition Films

    Production country

  • Name: Zik Zak Filmworks

    Production country

  • Name: Voltage Pictures

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Fábrica de Cine

    Production country Mexico

  • Name: Icon Productions

    Production country United States of America

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

  • Name: Mel Gibson

    Character: James Murray

    Popularity: 7.0154

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  • Name: Sean Penn

    Character: Dr. William Chester Minor

    Popularity: 3.0339

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  • Name: Natalie Dormer

    Character: Eliza Merrett

    Popularity: 3.8886

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  • Name: Eddie Marsan

    Character: Muncie

    Popularity: 1.5471

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  • Name: Jennifer Ehle

    Character: Ada Murray

    Popularity: 2.163

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  • Name: Jeremy Irvine

    Character: Charles Hall

    Popularity: 0.8002

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  • Name: David O'Hara

    Character: Church

    Popularity: 0.9472

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  • Name: Anthony Andrews

    Character: Benjamin Jowett

    Popularity: 0.4587

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