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Trial And Error (DVD, 2001)

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An incompetent lawyer must defend a man accused of murdering his wife. Despite the man's insistence that he really is guilty, the lawyer sees the case as his big break.

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5014293117951
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30482092

Product Key Features

Film/TV Title
Trial and Error
Actor
Beryl Reid, David Lodge, Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers
Director
James Hill
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2001
Features
Black & White
Run Time
76 Mins
Genre
General, Comedy

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Certificate
U
Number of Discs
1
Author
John Mortimer
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Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough play multiple characters in this satirical comedy, based on John Mortimer's play. Fowle (Attenborough) has murdered his wife Doris because her constant laughing finally drove him to distraction. He is put on trial and defended by over-the-hill attorney Morgenhall (Sellers), who makes a terrible case for his client. Although Fowle admits his guilt, his lawyer insists on pleading innocent so he can give the courtroom performance of a lifetime. John Mortimer adapted the script from his own comic play, "The Dock Brief."
Movie/TV Title
Trial And Error

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5 out of 5 stars
by richwill5020 Feb, 2022Verified purchase: Yes
A Gem
A delight to watch. Peter Sellars, Richard Attenborough and Irene Hand...l acting at their magnificent best.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
5 out of 5 stars
by beech-47616 Jun, 2023Verified purchase: Yes
Trial and Error is a wonderful comedy drama.
Well structured script by John ...Mortimer and equally well directed legal comedy drama. Thank you.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
5 out of 5 stars
by blacksmersh00701 Apr, 2008
Sellers and Attenborough at their best
British author John Mortimer is best ...known to television audiences as the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, the British comedy-drama popular with PBS viewers and starring Leo McKern as an aging barrister fighting the good fight in court but henpecked at home. This 1962 film, Trial and Error, is also based on a Mortimer story and also deals with the decidedly unglamorous lives of people shackled to an imperfect legal system. Richard Attenborough plays an ordinary, quiet fellow who kills his wife after years of listening to her gaudy laughter. He freely admits he did the deed, but the defense counsel assigned to him (Peter Sellers), desperate to be part of a significant trial, tries fruitlessly to mount a compelling case for his innocence. Sellers and Attenborough, perhaps never better than in this film by James Hill (Born Free), brilliantly portray the subtle shift of authority and sympathy between their characters, the way the accused slowly comes to the emotional rescue of his own, depressed advocate. So joined are these two by a common, seemingly pointless destiny that they even pay supernatural visits to one another's pasts--much like Scrooge and his Christmas spirits. Fine stuff, very funny, and ultimately poignant. Also known as The Dock Brief
5 out of 5 stars
by roybonist19 Mar, 2007
Trial and error
Basically a two hander between Peter Sellers and Richard Att...enborough this film shows its stage origins, but as you can imagine with lead actors of such calibre the film is a toure de force. Sellers plays a rather tragic barrister who has waited a lifetime to be given a brief, only to get his first by accident. Attenborough is a placid nobody who has murdered his wife(Beryl Reid). This is a very well written comedey with great central performances and good support from Beryl Reid and David Lodge. Well worth a look.
5 out of 5 stars
by calamityd6306 Apr, 2007
TRAIL AND ERROR
I BOUGHT THIS DVD FOR MY HUSBAND WHO LOVES PETER SELLERS FIL...MS,HE THINKS THIS IS ONE OF IS TRUE CLASSIC FILMS,GREAT FILM,GREAT QUALITY,GREAT ACTING,GREAT VALUE.THANKS KIND REGARDS,DEBBIE GOMER

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