

The Professor
2019-05-10 · 90 min · ★ 6.8
A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.
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Production details
- Directors
- Wayne Roberts
- Production companies
- Global Road Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment, Leeding Media, Saban Films, Infinitum Nihil, Starlings Entertainment, Lionsgate
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 3,645,308
Top Cast
Johnny DeppRichard Brown
Rosemarie DeWittVeronica Sinclair-Brown
Odessa YoungOlivia Brown
Danny HustonPeter Matthew
Zoey DeutchClaire
Devon TerrellDanny
Ron LivingstonHenry Wright
Linda EmondBarbara
Matreya ScarrwenerRose
Siobhan Fallon HoganDonna
Paloma KwiatkowskiUnnamed Student
Kaitlyn BernardTaylor
Michael KopsaDoctor
Dion RileyMale Student #1
Ken KramerProfessor Emeritus
Justine WarringtonWaitress
Christine WillesWidow #1
Denalda WilliamsWidow #2
Keith MacKechnieEd
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