The Imitation Game
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Film / 2019
The Professor and the Madman
Directed by
Farhad Safinia
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.
The story
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
Mel GibsonJames Murray
Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
Eddie MarsanMuncie
Jennifer EhleAda Murray
Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
David O'HaraChurch
Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett
Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley
Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayne
Steve CooganFrederick James Furnivall
Laurence FoxPhilip Lyttelton Gell
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Lars BrygmannMax Mueller
Brendan PatricksWinston Churchill
Adam FergusAlfred Minor
Brian FortuneHead Board Member
Aidan McArdleDefence Attorney Clarke
David CrowleyParfit
Kieran O'ReillyMinor's Father
Bryan MurrayHenry Liddell
Oengus MacNamaraBailiff #1
Christopher MalekiJoseph
Sean DugganTom Coleman
Bryan QuinnSir Richard
Steve GunnLambeth Man
Malcolm FreemanColonel
Joe McKinneyAttendant No.1
Olivia McKevittClare Merrett
Shane NooneGeorge Merrett
Robert McCormackHarold Murray
Ronan O'ConnorGate Guard
John MortonScriptorium Assistant
Abigail CoburnElsie Murray
Paul GoughGuard
Lucas BrowneEastman Minor
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