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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 1957 play The Dock Brief by John Mortimer.
Original title: The Dock Brief. 1962. 1h 16m. IMDb RATING. 6.2 /10. 616. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama Thriller. An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer. Director. James Hill. Writers. John Mortimer. Pierre Rouve. Stars. Peter Sellers. Richard Attenborough. Beryl Reid. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY.
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- Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- James Hill
- 1963-08-05
The Dock Brief is a play by John Mortimer. It is a two-hander play that has been adapted many times. It was the first piece he wrote for actors although he had written several novels previously.
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...
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The Dock Brief 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.
The Dock Brief. An over-the-hill barrister (Peter Sellers) ineptly defends a birdseed merchant (Richard Attenborough) for killing his wife.
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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.
