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The Scales of Justice

6.7TV Series196230 min
CrimeDrama

The Scales of Justice is a series of thirteen British cinema featurettes produced from 1962 to 1967 for Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios in London. The first nine were made in black and white, and the last four in colour. The finale, Payment in Kind, was Merton Park's final production. Episodes were based on criminal cases, and each film was introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The series derives its title from the symbolic scales held by the statue of Justice, situated above the dome of London's Central Criminal Court, The Old Bailey. The opening narration describes her as having "in her right hand, the Sword of Power and Retribution, and in her left – The Scales of Justice".

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Edgar Lustgarten

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Episodes

13 Episodes
The Guilty Party01

1. The Guilty Party

The Sinclairs seem to be living in the lap of luxury, but their lifestyle is funded by a morass of debt.

1962-01-11 30 min
A Woman's Privilege02

2. A Woman's Privilege

A shipboard romance leads to a lawsuit for breach of promise.

1962-11-02 30 min
Moment of Decision03

3. Moment of Decision

A woman yearning for a child takes a baby from a wealthy family.Her husband sees this as a financial opportunity.

1962-12-01 30 min
Position of Trust04

4. Position of Trust

A wealthy, spoiled young man, about to be married, arranges for an illicit liaison with a mysterious French girl who calls herself Yvonne. He is accosted in his Brighton hotel room by a man who claims to be a private detective in the employee of Yvonne's husband.

1963-09-01 30 min
The Undesirable Neighbour05

5. The Undesirable Neighbour

A newly married woman becomes very friendly with her male neighbors, causing the neighborhood busybodies' tongues to wag.

1963-09-02 30 min
The Invisible Asset06

6. The Invisible Asset

A restaurant owner bugs one of his tables with a hidden microphone and uses the illicit knowledge he gains to blackmail his customers.

1963-10-01 30 min
Personal and Confidential07

7. Personal and Confidential

Police investigating a suspicious death find a file marked "Top Secret" in the victim's briefcase.

1965-02-01 30 min
The Hidden Face08

8. The Hidden Face

When a member of parliament commits suicide, his son seeks the author of the book that triggered the tragedy.

1965-02-02 30 min
The Material Witness09

9. The Material Witness

A younger executive plots to replace a firm's manager, and turns him in to police as a drunk driver, then proceeds to charm his way into his daughter's affections.

1965-12-01 30 min
Company of Fools10

10. Company of Fools

Five strangers band together to exact revenge on a man who ruined them financially.

1966-09-01 30 min
The Haunted Man11

11. The Haunted Man

An actor receives a head injury breaking up a robbery. The injury effects his memory and he can no longer remember his part, thereby forcing him off the stage. He becomes determined to capture the thieves.

1966-09-02 30 min
Infamous Conduct12

12. Infamous Conduct

A famous surgeon losses his license (and his wife) after a woman patient accuses him of conduct unbecoming a physician. Fleeing to the coast, the doctor meets a beautiful woman painter whose cousin is a criminal. Among his companions is a bank robber who wants the doctor to alter his appearance through plastic surgery.

1966-10-01 30 min
Payment in Kind13

13. Payment in Kind

No episode synopsis is available.

1967-03-01 30 min