Series

The Scales of Justice

1962 · 1 season · 13 episodes · Ended

Crime, Drama

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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".

Episodes

  • S01E01The Guilty Party1962-01-1130m

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

  • S01E02A Woman's Privilege1962-11-0230m

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

  • S01E03Moment of Decision1962-12-0130m

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

  • S01E04Position of Trust1963-09-0130m

    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.

  • S01E05The Undesirable Neighbour1963-09-0230m

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

  • S01E06The Invisible Asset1963-10-0130m

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

  • S01E07Personal and Confidential1965-02-0130m

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

  • S01E08The Hidden Face1965-02-0230m

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

  • S01E09The Material Witness1965-12-0130m

    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.

  • S01E10Company of Fools1966-09-0130m

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

  • S01E11The Haunted Man1966-09-0230m

    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.

  • S01E12Infamous Conduct1966-10-0130m

    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.

  • S01E13Payment in Kind1967-03-0130m

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