Trial & Error

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Trial & Error ★★½ The Dock Brief 1962

Comedic satire, based on the play by John Mortimer, finds hapless lawyer Morgenhall (Sellers) thinking he's finally got his big chance when he defends wife murderer Fowle (Attenborough). Fowle wants to plead guilty but Morgenhall dreams of being a court star and insists on pleading his client innocent. It's a disaster just waiting to happen. 78m/B VHS, DVD . GB Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge, Frank Pettingell, Eric Woodburn; D: James Hill; W: Pierre Rouve; C: Edward Scaife; M: Ron Grainer.

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