The Dock Brief

The Dock Brief
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)
Release date	20 September 1962 (1962-09-20) (UK)
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]