The Scales of Justice

6.7

1962•30m

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.

Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 1962

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.

2. A Woman's Privilege

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

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.

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.

5. The Undesirable Neighbour

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

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.

7. Personal and Confidential

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

8. The Hidden Face

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

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.

10. Company of Fools

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

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.

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.