The Scales of Justice

Overview

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and followed the "Scotland Yard" series of shorts also introduced by Edgar Lustgarten. Production was sporadic (presumably filling gaps in the Edgar Wallace schedule), the first three released Nov-Dec 1962, a second batch of three released Sept/Oct 1963, two more in Feb 1965, one in Dec 1965 and a final batch (in colour) Sept 1966 to March 1967. The usual Merton Park recipe of familiar British actors in tightly plotted screenplays (based on real cases) with better than usual B movies production standards. All thirteen have now (Oct 2012) been released on DVD by Network.

Episodes

S01E01 The Guilty Party

January 11, 1962 30 min
The Sinclairs seem to be living in the lap of luxury, but their lifestyle is funded by a morass of debt.

S01E02 A Woman's Privilege

November 2, 1962 30 min
A shipboard romance leads to a lawsuit for breach of promise.

S01E03 Moment of Decision

December 1, 1962 30 min
A woman yearning for a child takes a baby from a wealthy family.Her husband sees this as a financial opportunity.

S01E04 Position of Trust

September 1, 1963 30 min
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...

S01E05 The Undesirable Neighbour

September 2, 1963 30 min
A newly married woman becomes very friendly with her male neighbors, causing the neighborhood busybodies' tongues to wag.

S01E06 The Invisible Asset

October 1, 1963 30 min
A restaurant owner bugs one of his tables with a hidden microphone and uses the illicit knowledge he gains to blackmail his customers.

S01E07 Personal and Confidential

February 1, 1965 30 min
Police investigating a suspicious death find a file marked "Top Secret" in the victim's briefcase.

S01E08 The Hidden Face

February 2, 1965 30 min
When a member of parliament commits suicide, his son seeks the author of the book that triggered the tragedy.

S01E09 The Material Witness

December 1, 1965 30 min
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.

S01E10 Company of Fools

September 1, 1966 30 min
Five strangers band together to exact revenge on a man who ruined them financially.

S01E11 The Haunted Man

September 2, 1966 30 min
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...

S01E12 Infamous Conduct

October 1, 1966 30 min
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...

S01E13 Payment in Kind

March 1, 1967 30 min

Cast

Edgar Lustgarten
Edgar Lustgarten
Self - Introduces

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