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The Scales Of Justice

Season 1 1962 - 1967

  • 1962-11-01T00:00:00Z
  • 1m
  • 13m (13 episodes)
  • Drama
Thirteen dramas based on real-life trials that dramatise events from the alleged crime to the courtroom. As with the previous series, the films were produced at the company's Merton Park Studios to be screened as support features in British cinemas, making a successful transition to the small screen during the 1970s.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1962-11-01T00:00:00Z

1x01 A Woman's Privilege

Series Premiere

1x01 A Woman's Privilege

  • 1962-11-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1962-11-01T00:00:00Z

1x02 Guilty Party

1x02 Guilty Party

  • 1962-11-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1962-12-01T00:00:00Z

1x03 Moment Of Decision

1x03 Moment Of Decision

  • 1962-12-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1963-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x04 Position Of Trust

1x04 Position Of Trust

  • 1963-09-01T00:00:00Z1m

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.

1963-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x05 Undesirable Neighbour

1x05 Undesirable Neighbour

  • 1963-09-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1963-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x06 The Invisible Asset

1x06 The Invisible Asset

  • 1963-10-01T00:00:00Z1m

A restaurant owner bugs one of his tables with a hidden microphone and uses the illicit knowledge he gains to blackmail his customers.

1965-02-01T00:00:00Z

1x07 Personal And Confidential

1x07 Personal And Confidential

  • 1965-02-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1965-02-01T00:00:00Z

1x08 The Hidden Face

1x08 The Hidden Face

  • 1965-02-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1965-12-01T00:00:00Z

1x09 Material Witness

1x09 Material Witness

  • 1965-12-01T00:00:00Z1m

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.

1966-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x10 Company Of Fools

1x10 Company Of Fools

  • 1966-09-01T00:00:00Z1m

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

1966-09-01T00:00:00Z

1x11 The Haunted Man

1x11 The Haunted Man

  • 1966-09-01T00:00:00Z1m

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.

1966-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x12 Infamous Conduct

1x12 Infamous Conduct

  • 1966-10-01T00:00:00Z1m

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.

1967-03-01T00:00:00Z

1x13 Payment In Kind

1x13 Payment In Kind

  • 1967-03-01T00:00:00Z1m

The dedicated wife of a struggling businessman falls behind on the hire purchase payments and the debt collector suggests "payment in kind".

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