Trial And Error (1962) - Movie Review

  • 01 November 2005

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Oddly atypical of Sellers' work, Trial and Error presents Sellers as a hapless attorney assigned to defend Attenborough, who in a fit of rage, has killed his buffoon of a wife. Sounds good so far, but Sellers strays far and wide from his patented farce-master schtick, and while he should be commended for extending his range, the experiment on the whole is not successful. Attenborough is altogether forgettable, but the film's avant-garde use of flashbacks is worth a peek.

Aka The Dock Brief.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1962

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 2.5 / 5

Cast & Crew

Director: James Hill

Producer: Dimitri De Grunwald

Screenwriter: Pierre Rouve

Also starring: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dimitri De Grunwald, Pierre Rouve