An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Madge Brindley
- Mother Chiding Her Son
- (uncredited)
David Drummond
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
- Paper Tearing Man
- (uncredited)
John Junkin
- Dock Brief Barrister
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough this film has been shown on British television many times in the 21st century, it has always been screened under its American title of "Trial And Error", not as "The Dock Brief", its original and proper title. Furthermore, it has been released on DVD in the UK under its American title as well.
- GoofsWhile Morgenhall is waiting for his "first case," a series of crossword puzzles are shown, as "time passes." Unfortunately, the puzzles are not in numerical order --- their numbers go up and down, never continually increasing, as they should as the months and years go "passing by."
- Quotes
Morgenhall: What is your name?
Fowle: Herbert Fowle.
Morgenhall: The surprise witness.
Fowle: Oh, you... you mean I'd need a different name?
Morgenhall: Yes, precisely.
Fowle: Hmm. That's where we're stuck now..
- ConnectionsReferenced in A Patch of Blue (1965)
Featured review
More of a curio, than anything else
With respect, I must disagree with the other reviewers. I generally relish the old British films, especially the comedies (The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Green Man et al.) however I found this film to be well acted, but not particularly funny, and rather tedious. Attenborough and Sellers do show their considerable versatility and skills. But Mortimer's story makes one long for a good "Rumpole" episode. I kept waiting for the story to get going, but it never did. The pacing is s-l-o-w, which isn't inherently bad (see my review of The Smallest Show on Earth) but what does the film add up to? For me, it is an interesting curio perhaps, but not something one can really recommend.
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- Jul 10, 2004
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- Sudjenje sa greškom
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- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at Shepperton Studios, England)
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
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