The Dock Brief | |
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Cover of 1999 DVD version | |
Directed by | James Hill |
Written by | Pierre Rouve |
Based on | the play The Dock Brief by John Mortimer |
Produced by | Dimitri de Grunwald |
Starring | Peter Sellers Richard Attenborough Beryl Reid David Lodge Frank Pettingell |
Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
Music by | Ron Grainer |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studio |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA/UK) |
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Running time | 88 minutes 77 minutes (DVD) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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).[1]