The Dock Brief

The Dock Brief

The Dock Brief (released as Trial and Error in the United States) was a 1962 British comedy film starring Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough. Sellers starred as a barrister and Attenborough the accused murderer who he attempts to get off.


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