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The Dock Brief

1962 1h 28m Drama List
Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
An over-the-hill barrister (Peter Sellers) ineptly defends a birdseed merchant (Richard Attenborough) for killing his wife.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Apesar do foco excessivo nos dilogos ainda denunciar suas origens teatrais, o filme faz bom uso de flashbacks e conta com a interao perfeita entre Sellers e Attenborough. Rated: 4/5 Jan 11, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 27, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Slightly surreal take on the barristers-defendent relationship, most of which is a fantasy rehearsal of a trial. The fact it has two fine actors in the leads gives it some presence, otherwise it would be lacking in interest value. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member The Big Lebowski, second viewing. So it wasn't the coolest movie since Repo Man that I remembered it to be, but still, pretty darn great. I've never really liked bowling, but bowling shoes however are great. [img]http://www.vvisions.com/img/general/Bowling-Shoes.jpg[/img][img]http://www.eightstonepress.com/photos/six%20bowling%20shoes.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/1083/5812/t/21487-Dont-we-all-love-the-bowling-shoes-1.jpg[/img] Ok, some of them are a too pimp and colorful, those pictures aren't very good, but I know there are good ones out there. My local bowling alley has good shoes. Alltogether though, I think my shoe policy these days tends to be that plain simple black shoes are the best. I fear I'm growing to be too anti-sneaker. If I could only find a good and elegant pair of bowling shoes it would be sort of a compromise between style and leisure. Maybe. Or maybe not, I don't know. Trial and Error is a reasonably good little comedy with Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough. Kinda british, but nevertheless sympathetic. I'm more into reading again. That's fun. I just finished The Fall by Albert Camus and now I'm starting on Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge by Karl Popper. Seems pretty interesting. Anyhow, goodnight, I guess. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An over-the-hill barrister (Peter Sellers) ineptly defends a birdseed merchant (Richard Attenborough) for killing his wife.
Director
James Hill
Producer
Dimitri De Grunwald
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 28m