The Dock Brief

The Dock Brief
Cover of 1999 DVD version
Directed byJames Hill
Written byPierre Rouve
Based onthe play The Dock Brief by John Mortimer
Produced byDimitri de Grunwald
StarringPeter Sellers
Richard Attenborough
Beryl Reid
David Lodge
Frank Pettingell
CinematographyEdward Scaife
Music byRon Grainer
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studio
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA/UK)
Release date
  • 20 September 1962 (1962-09-20) (UK)
Running time
88 minutes
77 minutes (DVD)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.[1]

  1. ^ "The Dock Brief". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 February 2024.