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Edgar Lustgarten
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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".
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.
The Undesirable Neighbour
A newly married woman becomes very friendly with her male neighbors, causing the neighborhood busybodies' tongues to wag.
The Case of The Smiling Widow
From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, artist and possible forger.
The Guilty Party
The Sinclairs seem to be living in the lap of luxury, but their lifestyle is funded by a morass of debt.
Late Night Final
Scotland Yard detectives race to find a crippled man, the only witness to crime, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Moment of Decision
A woman yearning for a child takes a baby from a wealthy family.Her husband sees this as a financial opportunity.
The Dover Road Mystery
A British short film about Scotland Yard investigating a group of bank robbers who take normal sedan cars and transform them into race cars.
Inside Information
Scotland Yard is called in when the effigy used in a Guy Fawkes Day celebration turns out to be the burned corpse of a real man.
The Mysterious Bullet
A Scotland Yard ballistics expert is called into identify a murderer through a scientific analysis of the bullet that killed a man.
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
Destination Death
When Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a man in the London airport, the trail leads to Lisbon and a international currency smuggling gang.
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.