Edgar Lustgarten
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Edgar Lustgarten.
Born: May 3, 1907
Place of Birth: Manchester, England, UK
Known For
The Scales of Justice
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".
The Drayton Case
During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.
The Silent Witness
A man phones the police to confess to killing his wife accidentally, but investigations prove that his story is not as straightforward as it first appears
Passenger to Tokyo
A murderer attempts to escape justice by shipping his victims body to Tokyo in a trunk.
The Missing Man
Through a mother's terrible dream, her son's body is discovered in France and his killer is arrested in England.
The Candlelight Murder
A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an old recluse.
The Blazing Caravan
The body of a travelling salesman is found underneath a burning caravan, and Scotland Yard is convinced it's murder! But is everything as it seems?
The Case of the River Morgue
Scotland Yard detectives investigate an insurance scam, where a "drowned" man proves to have been dead before he was thrown in the water.
The Dark Stairway
A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds himself accused of the murder
Late Night Final
Scotland Yard detectives race to find a crippled man, the only witness to crime, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Filmography
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