The Professor and the Madman — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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 & Crew

Directed by Farhad Safinia

• Mel Gibson
  as James Murray
• Sean Penn
  as Dr. William Chester Minor
• Natalie Dormer
  as Eliza Merrett
• Eddie Marsan
  as Muncie
• Jennifer Ehle
  as Ada Murray
• Jeremy Irvine
  as Charles Hall