The Scales of Justice (1962)
The Scales of Justice is a 1962 crime series created by Jack Greenwood. It stars Edgar Lustgarten, Kenneth Benda and Peter Williams.
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".
Cast
- Edgar Lustgarten as Self - Introduces
- Kenneth Benda as Judge
- Peter Williams as Ashton
- Garfield Morgan as Mr. Andrews
- Derrick Sherwin as Simon
- Bridget Armstrong as Anna Bosworth
- Norman Scace as Defending Counsel
- Carleton Hobbs as Judge
- Peter Bathurst as Ferguson
- Keith Peacock as Hotel Employee (uncredited)
- Ray Barrett as Bert West
- Patricia Healey as Mary West
