The Dock Brief is a 1960 Australian TV play directed by Ray Menmuir and starring Reg Lye and Moray Powell.

[4] The barrister Morgenall is given a brief to defend a bird seed seller, Fowle, accused of murdering his wife.

[5] Menmuir said "as first seen the characters are quite comical but as the play progresses we begin to laugh with them rather than at them.

"[6] Douglas Smith designed the set which consisted of two areas: the prison cell and the imaginary courtroom.

[7] The Sydney Morning Herald called it "beautifully acted" praising Menmuir's "admirably deft and very imaginative production.