Peter Sellers starts out with one role and ends up with three in (U.S. title Trial and Error), a satirical comedy based on the television play by John Mortimer. Sellers' principal role is as an incompetent barrister assigned to defend a wife murderer (Richard Attenborough). The barrister's monumental stupidity threatens to bollix the case before it begins, and indeed his client is found guilty...

Starring:

Audrey Nicholson, Beryl Reid, David Drummond, David Lodge, Eric Dodson, Eric Woodburn, Frank Pettingell, Frank Thornton, Ian Curry, Patrick Newell, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Tristram Jellinek

Genre:

Comedy, Drama