The Scales of Justice

Season

1962

7.9

Series of courtroom dramas introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Guilty Party

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

S1 • E2

A Woman's Privilege

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

S1 • E3

Moment of Decision

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

S1 • E4

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 employ of Yvonne's husband.

S1 • E5

The Undesirable Neighbour

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

S1 • E6

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.

S1 • E7

Personal and Confidential

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

S1 • E8

The Hidden Face

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

S1 • E9

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.

S1 • E10

Company of Fools

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

S1 • E11

The Haunted Man

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

S1 • E12

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.