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The Dock Brief (US title Trial and Error; also known as A Case for the Jury) is a 1962 black-and-white British legal satire directed by James Hill, starring Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough, and based on the play of the same name by John Mortimer (creator of Horace Rumpole).
Trial and Error: Directed by James Hill. With Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge. An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.
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- Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- James Hill
- 1963-08-05
The Dock Brief (US title Trial and Error) is a 1962 black-and-white British legal satire directed by James Hill, starring Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough, and based on the play of the same...
- 76 min
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Peter Sellers ... Wilfred Morgenhall, Solicitor Richard Attenborough ... Herbert Fowle the Accused Murderer
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An over-the-hill barrister (Peter Sellers) ineptly defends a birdseed merchant (Richard Attenborough) for killing his wife.
- Drama
The meaning of DOCK BRIEF is a brief from a prisoner in the dock who is unable to provide his or her own counsel; also : the privilege granted such a prisoner at the discretion of the trial judge of selecting a barrister from among those present to represent the prisoner for a nominal fee.
The Dock Brief. This hilarious one-act play by John Mortimer (creator of Rumpole of the Bailey) is the story of a highly incompetent lawyer preparing to defend a man who, by his own admission, is guilty of murdering his wife.
