---
title: 'The Dock Brief (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Hill'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dock-brief-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055916/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dock Brief (1960)

1960 · 88 min · Comedy · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Dock Brief is a 1962 black-and-white British legal satire directed by James Hill, starring Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough, and based on the 1957 play The Dock Brief by John Mortimer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hill-2), [Raymond Menmuir](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-menmuir)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Uvaliev](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-uvaliev)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ron Grainer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-grainer)
- **Producer:** [Dimitri de Grunwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-de-grunwald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Scaife](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-scaife)

## Cast

- [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough)
- [David Lodge](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lodge)
- [Beryl Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/beryl-reid)
- [Frank Pettingell](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-pettingell)
- [Peter Sellers](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sellers)

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