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The Scales of Justice

The Scales of Justice

1962 · 1 season · 13 eps · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Drama

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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".

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The Man Who Was NobodyThe Man Who Was Nobody · 1960
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The CriminalThe Criminal · 1960
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★ 6.41960
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Pat and MikePat and Mike · 1952
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★ 6.41952
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