History / Drama / Mystery / Thriller /

Score: 72%( 1206 votes )

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:

Mel Gibson
James Murray

Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor

Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett

Eddie Marsan
Muncie

Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray

Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall

David O'Hara
Church

Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett

Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley

Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne

Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall

Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell

Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller

Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill

Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor

Brian Fortune
Head Board Member

Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke

David Crowley
Parfit

Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father

Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell

Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #1

Christopher Maleki
Joseph

Sean Duggan
Tom Coleman

Bryan Quinn
Sir Richard

Steve Gunn
Lambeth Man

Malcolm Freeman
Colonel

Joe McKinney
Attendant No.1

Olivia McKevitt
Clare Merrett

Shane Noone
George Merrett

Robert McCormack
Harold Murray

Ronan O'Connor
Gate Guard

John Morton
Scriptorium Assistant

Abigail Coburn
Elsie Murray

Paul Gough
Guard

Lucas Browne
Eastman Minor