CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Legal Drama Series
Justice
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, J. Fred MacDonald (macfilms.com)
Katherine Spring <kaspring@wisc.edu>
Dept of Communication Arts, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
UW-Madison
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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JUSTICE
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Production Company Not Known
for
NBC (season 1 early 1954 Thursdays, 8:30pm EST)
NBC (season 2 1954-55 Thursdays, 8:30pm EST)
NBC (season 3 1955-56 Sundays, 10:30pm EST)
Produced by David Susskind and Gordon Duff
US Legal Drama series 1954-56 approx 88 episodes x 30 min (live or film?)
8Apr54-25Mar56
Starring:
Dane Clark
as Richard Adams #1 (1954) (exit #2.6) (Nov 1954)
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler (1954-55)
(season 2)
William Prince
as Richard Adams #2 (1954-56) (entry #2.7)(Nov 1954)
Narrator:
Westbrook Van Voorhis
Premise:
The investigations of Richard Adams and Jason Tyler, attorneys for
the Legal Aid Society in New York.
Directors: included Daniel Petrie
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 1 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 2 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 3 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 4 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 5 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 6 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 7 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 8 of 9
Daniel Petrie - Archive Interview Part 9 of 9
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[00] ABC Album: JUSTICE (pilot)
12Apr53 ABC Sunday
ABC in association with John Rust Productions
executive producer, Herbert Brodkin
director, Ralph Nelson
writer, Halsted Welles.
Music, Ralph Norman.
Host: Donald Cook.
Cast/perfomers:
Paul Douglas (Husband), Lee Grant (Wife), John Lehne (Judge),
John Seymour, Barbara Townsend;
introduction by Judge Learned Hand.
Summary:
Premiere program of "ABC Album, a series designed to present proposed
series that are searching for a sponsor. Here, Justice, based on the
files of the Legal Aid Society. The plot concerns a wife's discovery
that her husband is a bigamist. Justice became a series, but on NBC,
in 1954.
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NBC Thursdays 8:30pm EST
release date 08Apr54
1.01 Justice: THE BAKER'S SONS (Debut episode)
08Apr54 NBC Thurs [Premiere Episode]
Producer David Susskind
Co-producer John Rust
Teleplay by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Composer Bernie Green
Narrator Westbrook Van Voorhis
starring Dane Clark as Richard Adams
Guest cast:
Philip Abbott
Lili Darvas
Oskar Homolka
Synopsis:
A man is accused of his brother's crime. From files of the Legal Aid Society. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A father persuades his younger son to go to jail for the older worthless son. [RF]
1.02 Justice: KEITH'S CASE
15Apr1954 NBC Thur
Producer David Susskind
Teleplay by Andrew J. Russell
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Richard Kiley
Phyllis Kirk
Warren Stevens
Synopsis:
Keith's Case is the story of a war veteran reported dead and suddenly reappears
to find
his wife remarried. [RF]
1.03 Justice: RUN FROM HONOR
22Apr1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Sidney Blackmer
Wallace Ford
Eileen Heckart
Synopsis:
The story of a school bus driver who is to be honored by the community with a
safe driving award.
The driver Ed Simmons, however, views the imminent ceremonies with dread,
fearful the consequent
personal publicity will throw the limelight on his guilty past. His wife and son
are confused,
then alarmed by his strange behavior, as he apparently seeks to run from the
honor. When the son learns
the truth, he turns to a local Legal Aid lawyer in an attempt to untangle his
father's web of guilt. [RF]
1.04 Justice: POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION
29Apr1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Robert Alan Arthur
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Louisa Horton
Ben Gazzara
Don Hanmer
Synopsis:
A paroled orphan is floundering in a struggle to find himself and go straight. [RF]
1.05 Justice: THE QUIET LIFE
06May1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Ed Begley
J. Carrol Naish
Synopsis:
An immigrant laborer keeps silent about sub-standard cement being used on a new
building because
his crooked boss knows the laborer's guilty past. [RF]
1.06 Justice: HIT AND RUN
13May1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Earl Hamner
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
E.G. Marshall
Betty Field
Ed Begley
Synopsis:
Harry Larner is driving home late at night in a blinding rainstorm. He lowers
his head for a moment
to light a cigarette and then looks up. Ahead of him looms a newsboy on a
bicycle. He desperately
swings the wheel in a vain attempt to avoid crashing into him. After a brief
agonizing moment of
indecision after Harry stops his car to look at the prostrate boy with the
crumpled bike and the
newspapers scattered all over the street. Harry panic stricken jumps back into
his car and drives off.
He does not tell his wife about the accident and from this point on the mounting
tension in Harry as
he tries in vain to run from his hit-and-run crime only to find it waiting for
him at each turn. [RF]
1.07 Justice: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
20May1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Robert Alan Arthur
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Skip Homeier
Richard Kiley
Harvey Lembeck
Synopsis:
An Army sergeant is being court-martialed on charges of betraying his comrades
to the enemy while
they were prisoners of war in Korea. [RF]
1.08 Justice: IN THE DEEP NIGHT
27May1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Halsted Welles
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
Rod Steiger
Johnny Stewart
Synopsis:
A murderer intimidates a witness to prevent him from testifying. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A woman stands trial accused of stabbing her husband. Two witnesses to the crime
are brought in and
one is found to be withholding information that would incriminate the real
killer. [RF]
1.09 Justice: THE EIGHT ALIEN BOYS
03Jun1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest Cast:
James Barton
Mildred Natwick
Daniel Petrie .... Crochety Old Man
Morton Stevens
Frank Overton
Synopsis:
An aging eccentric man reveres the memory of his seven ancestors who were killed
in the battle of 1776.
The plaque he erected on the hallowed ground is endangered by a proposed road
construction and he launches
a battle to prevent its destruction. [RF]
*NOTE: Daniel Petrie, the show's director, stepped in when the leading
man James Barton lost his voice.
He played the role convincingly - his lines being fed to him through an earpiece
that looked like a hearing aid.
1.10 Justice: THE GREEDY MAN
10Jun1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Robert Alan Aurthur
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Eddie Firestone
Nancy Guild
Joseph Sweeney
Russell Hardie
Synopsis:
A poor man asks the Legal Aid Society to help him get money from a wealthy, but
incompetent relative. [RF]
1.11 Justice: THE DESPERATE ONE
17June1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Frank Gilroy
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Madge Evans
Lorne Greene
Nancy Guild
Synopsis:
A boy is a pawn in the divorce of his bitter parents. [RF]
1.12 Justice: THE SPINSTER
24Jun1954 NBC Thur
Guest cast:
Signe Hasso
Peter Cookson
Paul McGrath
Synopsis:
An old maid inherits $50,000 and finds herself irresistably drawn to a handsome
suitor. [RF]
1.13 Justice: CALL ME GUILTY
01Jul1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mann Rubin
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Ernest Truex
Royal Dano
Ray Walston
Synopsis:
A lonely old eccentric earns his livelihood by carving toys. Plagued by an
unquenchable desire to be
noticed, he is constantly showing up at the police station to confess to
unsolved crimes which he has
not committed. [RF]
1.14 Justice: THE SCANDAL THAT ROCKED THE TOWN
08Jul1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
John Kerr
June Walker
Harry Townes
Jack Klugman
Synopsis:
A basketball player worries that gamblers are causing his turn of bad luck on
the court. [RF]
*NOTE: This was actor John Kerr's first tv appearance with his famous mother
actress June Walker.
1.15 Justice: MURDER AT RED OAKS
15Jul1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by David Shaw
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Dick Foran
Joe Maross
Dan Morgan
Synopsis:
A man who is accused of murder due to his past record and circumstantial
evidence. [RF]
1.16 Justice: RIDE WITH TERROR
22Jul54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by William Corrigan
Guest cast:
Eddie Firestone
Nina Foch
Philip Abbott
Synopsis:
A paroled convict is on his way home from prison, hitch-hikes a ride and gets
caught up with a
murderer on the lam. [RF]
1.17 Justice: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
29Jul1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Alvin Sapinsley
Directed by William Corrigan
Guest cast:
Ed Begley
Sylvia Field
Synopsis:
A salesman is desperate to receive a certain account The buyer is stricken with
a heart attack and
the salesman succumbs to temptation and robs an open safe. [RF]
1.18 Justice: THE BLACKMAILERS
05Aug1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Robert Alan Aurthur
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Eva Gabor
George Macready
Leslie Nielsen
Howard St. John
Synopsis:
An illegal immigrant from Czechoslovakia is being blackmailed. [RF]
1.19 Justice: THE CONEY ISLAND MYSTERY
12Aug1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by A.J. Russell
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Dane Clark
Pamela Fields
Synopsis:
A Coney Island barker wants to take his girl out of the tinsel atmosphere but is
suspected of murder
before he himself can get away. [RF]
1.20 Justice: MAN ON THE HUNT
19Aug1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Arthur Penn
Guest cast:
Patrick O'Neal
Lenka Peterson
Harvey Lembeck
Synopsis:
A man is faced with temptation of easy money but armed robbery is not want he
wants. [RF]
1.21 Justice: THE FUGITIVE
26Aug1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Everard W. Meade
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Lilia Skala ... Clemy
Lamont Johnson
Synopsis:
A boy provides an alibi for a market robbery by his mother but finds the bottom
falling out when his
girlfriend refuses to be a party to the lie. [RF]
1.22 Justice: THE QUIET PRISONER
02Sep54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Guest cast:
Gary Merrill
Synopsis:
A man innocent of a crime decides to keep it to himself in fear for his family.
1.23 Justice: THE CRISIS
09Sep1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Robert Cummings
June Lockhart
William Prince
Synopsis:
The proper method of handling youthful criminals is shown here as a teenage boy
steals a car and a
conflict develops between the owners of the car when the man wants to press
charges and his wife doesn't. [RF]
*From the files of the National Legal Aid Association; Sponsored by the Borden
Company.
1.24 Justice: THE DEADLY SILENCE
16Sep54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Dennis O'Keefe .... Legal Aid Man
Mildred Dunnock
Synopsis:
An eyewitness to a crime is afraid to give any information to the police.
Because of her
reticence, an innocent man faces conviction for a crime he did not commit. [RF]
Case is from the files of the National Legal Aid Association.
1.25 Justice: BELMONT PRISON BREAK
23Sep54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by A.J. Russell
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Guest cast:
Lee Bowman
Dick Foran
Synopsis:
A lawyer risks his life and reputation for his client.
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NBC Thursdays 8:30pm EST
Starring:
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler (1954-55) (from season 2)
Dane Clark as Richard Adams #1 (1954) (exit #2.6) (Nov 1954)
William Prince as Richard Adams #2 (1954-56) (entry #2.7)(Nov 1954)
2.01 [26] Justice: THE FRIGHTENED CLOWN
30Sep54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mann Rubin
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
(new series regular)
Guest cast:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Paul Hartman
Synopsis:
Two circus clowns want to adopt a child and become the prey of an unscrupulous
gang of swindlers. [RF]
*NOTE: Syracuse Herald lists this episode as the start of the second season
and that Gary Merrill will
now be a regular on the series.
2.02 [27] Justice: THE TIMID THIEF
07Oct54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Frank McHugh
Patricia Collinge
Ben Gazzara
Synopsis:
Detectives are pursuing a shoplifter in need of help. [RF]
2.03 [28] Justice: TERROR ON THE TRACKS
14Oct54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by David Shaw
Directed by William Corrigan
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Skip Homeier ..... Frank Verrin
Gaby Rodgers ..... Jeanette Wilbec
Joseph Wiseman ... Vincent Wilbec
Russell Hardie ... Harry Knowles
Jim Boles ........ Detective Ryan
Synopsis:
A man is about to be deported for his part in the black market operation of a
stolen gun ring. [RF]
2.04 [29] Justice: THE SAFECRACKER
21Oct54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Jerome Ross
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Dane Clark as Richard Adams #1
Guest cast:
Leora Dana
Synopsis:
A man in the first days of adjustment after six years in prison, seems to
backslid into his old ways. [RF]
2.05 [30] Justice: THE FIREBUG
28Oct1954
Teleplay by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Dane Clark as Richard Adams #1
Guest cast:
Rudy Bond .......... Phil
Harry Townes
Janet Ward
Arthur Storch
Synopsis:
A man accused of setting fire to an apartment house is arrested and jailed
awaiting trial. When another fire
breaks out while he is in the clink the "Justice" scales swing another way to an
unusual ending. [RF]
2.06 [31] Justice: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
04Nov54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Directed by Daniel Petrie
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Dane Clark as Richard Adams #1 (exit episode) (replaced
by William Prince)
Guest cast:
Jor DeSantis
Leona Powers
Joseph Walsh
Synopsis:
A minor theft leads a youth to a new way of life thanks to the efforts of the
Legal Aid Society lawyer.
The case tells how a father decides to prosecute his own son for the theft of a
pistol owned by the father. [RF]
2.07 [32] Justice: GAMBLE WITH LIFE
11Nov54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
William Prince as Richard Adams #2 (entry episode)
(replaces Dane Clark)
Guest cast:
Polly Rowles
Synopsis:
A confirmed gambler makes the biggest bet of his life as he decides to gamble on
a new life. [RF]
2.08 [33] Justice: EXPRESS TO DISASTER
18Nov54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Henry Misrock
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
James Daly
June Lockhart
Synopsis:
An honest respectable bank teller is accused of stealing money from the purse of
a hysterical woman on a subway.
He is cleared of the charge, but the damage to his reputation and social status
is almost fatal. [RF]
2.09 [34] Justice: THE INVADER
25Nov54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Ault
Directed by George Gould
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Betty Field
Carmen Mathews
Synopsis:
A modern version of King Solomon's ancient dilemma. Which mother gets the child,
the real mother, or the woman who
has raised and protected the child from infancy, when the real mother abandoned
her? [RF]
2.10 [35] Justice: WITNESS TO MURDER
02Dec54 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mann Rubin
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Ben Gazzara
Jeff Harris
Robert Emhardt
Synopsis:
Legal Aid lawyer Jason Tyler has a difficult time eliciting the truth from a
witness. [RF]
2.11 [36] Justice: EDGE OF FEAR
09Dec1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Peggy Ann Garner
William Redfield
Synopsis:
When a man stands high on a bridge, about to plunge to his death, one wrong word
can send him down. It's up to Legal
Aid Society lawyer Sam Benson to provide the right words. [RF]
2.12 [37] Justice: DEATH FOR SALE
16Dec1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Jerome Coopersmith
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Royal Dano
Kevin Coughlin
Katherine Squire
Synopsis:
The true story tells of a struggling salesman who has been sold a used car which
broke down the day after the sale.
He vows to kill the dealer despite the efforts of his wife. [RF]
2.13 [38] Justice: ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM
23Dec1954 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Henry Misrock
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Ed Begley
Synopsis:
A man released from prison after serving 40 years is frightened by the world and
longs to return to his cell. [RF]
2.14 [39] Justice: A DOG, A BOY AND A GUN
30Dec1954 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Kevin Coughlin
Paul Tripp
Synopsis:
A 10-year-old boy is sullen and defensive because of his lameness. His attitude
changes when he finds a stray dog until
the owner shows up. The boy has no legal grounds for keeping the pet and his
grief leads him to attempt vengeance. [RF]
2.15 [40] Justice: CRY WOLFE
06Jan1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by George Bellak
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Martin Brooks
Robert H. Harris
Synopsis:
A true life story of a man accused of a robbery he did not commit. As he awaits
trial another inmate is awaiting
sentence for a robbery which he, the first man committed. [RF]
2.16 [41] Justice: SAVE ME NOW
13Jan1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Stanley Niss
Directed by Robert Stevens
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Jack Warden
Gaby Rodgers
Synopsis:
A girl's fight against dope as she falls deeper into the pit of despair.
2.17 [42] Justice: OUT TO KILL
20Jan1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Synopsis:
A young veteran whose hope of a future in business are blasted by his father's
conviction for manslaughter threatens
the life of a lawyer. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
When a young veteran's father is convicted of manslaughter the man sets out to
right the wrong by declaring war
on the Legal Aid Lawyer who defended the father. [RF]
2.18 [43] Justice: STRANGE TERROR
27Jan1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Synopsis:
An amnesia victim is charged with murder.
2.19 [44] Justice: FATAL FRIENDSHIP
03Feb1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Synopsis:
The Legal Aid Society takes over defense of a physically handicapped youth who
was used as a tool in a cigar-store
robbery and left holding the bag. [RF]
2.20 [45] Justice: WITNESS FOR DEATH
10Feb55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Jackie Cooper
Synopsis:
A young man sees his best friend leave the scene of a crime. He is torn
between loyalty to his pal and respect for the law. [RF]
2.21 [46] Justice: HOUSE OF HATRED
17Feb1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Nicholas Baehr
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Glenda Farrell
Frank McHugh
Synopsis:
Tyler doubles as Cupid when he tries to help out two tennagers who want to get
married. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A teenager commits murder and the family begins to feel the impact of prejudice
and persecution directed by
cruel neighbors. [RF]
2.22 [47] Justice: VIOLENCE AT STOVER'S CORNER
24Feb55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Jeffrey Lynn
Russell Collins
Synopsis:
The forces of the law avert a lynching when an old hobo is charged with murder.
[RF]
2.23 [48] Justice: JAIL BREAK
03Mar55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Bruce Gordon
Bert Freed
Synopsis:
An attempted prison break leads justice on a new trail. [RF]
2.24 [49] Justice: REVENGE IS MINE
10Mar55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Mann Rubin
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
William Prince as Richard Adams #2
Guest Cast:
Meg Mundy
Synopsis:
A man is released from prison after serving twelve years for a crime he did not
commit and learns that his former
partner was supposed to have been murdered is living under an assumed name. He
sets out for revenge. [RF]
2.25 [50] Justice: GUILTY SECRET
17Mar55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Eugene Francis
starring Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Peter Mark Richman .... (as Mark Richman)
Patricia Breslin
Joey Walsh
Synopsis:
A parolee is threatened by a gang of young hoodlums who threatens to harm his
wife if he divulges who they are.
2.26 [51] Justice: THUNDER ON TROY STREET
24Mar1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Douglas Stone
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Jarmila Novotna
Mikhail Rasumny
Synopsis:
The mother of a veteran who returns home to find his father has never forgiven
him his teenage involvement with
a gang of hoodlums finds his younger brother ready to follow in his footsteps of
delinquency. [RF]
2.27 [52] Justice: FEARFUL HOUR
31Mar1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Mary Astor
Synopsis:
A forgotten film star has met with financial reverses but is given an
opportunity for a comeback. In a desperate
effort to appear in all her former splendor, the actress cashes a large check
for which she has no funds. She
impresses the producers but her falsification is discovered. Rather than face
disgrace, she attempts suicide.
Jason Tyler intervenes and saves her life, but cannot prevent the story of her
downfall from being publicized. [RF]
2.28 [53] Justice: THE WIRETAP CASE
07Apr1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
June Lockhart
Joe Maross
Synopsis:
TV Repairman agrees to tap telephone wires. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A family man succumbs to the lure of easy wealth when he hired to help keep
wire-tap equipment in condition and when
the job becomes distasteful he tries to quit only to learn of the power of the
forces involved. [RF]
2.29 [54] Justice: SHADOW OF TERROR
14Apr1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Art Wallace
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Peggy Ann Garner
William Redfield
Synopsis:
A rejection from a girl upsets a young man to the point of mental unbalance. His
persistent efforts to change
her mind make psychiatric treatment necessary. Legal Aid lawyer Jason Tyler
helps the boy receive the proper care. [RF]
2.30 [55] Justice: SHOT IN THE DARK
21Apr1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Art Wallace
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Vanessa Brown .... Annie
Synopsis:
Story of a confused young man and the choice he must make. After taking part in
an attempted robbery, a young man
must decide whether to confess to the police and so "rat" on his friend, or keep
silent and endanger his own life. [RF]
2.31 [56] Justice: FEAR BY DAY
28Apr55 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Don Ettlinger
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
Leora Dana
Synopsis:
A woman recognizes her long-lost brother in a news story about an armed
robbery. She gets in touch with him but soon regrets her action. [RF]
2.32 [57] Justice: THE BLUES KILL ME
05May1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Newton Meltzer
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Kim Hunter
Philip Abbott
Synopsis:
A woman's husband breaks under the pressures of everyday living and when her
emotionally disturbed husband
is sent to jail to await trial for a crime he has committed, she works
feverishly to have him admitted to
a hospital before his fear of prison tips his emotional balance even further. [RF]
2.33 [58] Justice: HARD TO GET (a.k.a. "Your Hit Parade")
12May1955 NBC Thur
written by Eugene Francis
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Star:
Gisele MacKenzie
Murray Hamilton
Synopsis 1:
Jason Tyler helps a young singer fight a Broadway racket. The girl has come to
New York to get her start,
but she has the misfortune to fall into the lands of a phony agent interested in
money, not talent. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Story about song sharks in the music industry. [RF]
*Note: The song used in this drama "Hard to Get", became a big seller
on the real-life hit parade sung by Gisele Mackenzie (star of NBC's "Your Hit
Parade" Sat 10:30 pm EST)
2.34 [59] Justice: BADGE OF DISHONOR
19May1955 NBC Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Arthur Franz
Lilia Skala
Synopsis:
A policeman accidentally injures an innocent bystander while chasing a criminal.
Repercussions arise because the
officer is off duty when the accident occurs. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An off-duty policeman averts a warehouse robbery but in so doing is involved in
the injury to a night watchman.
He is held responsible for both civil and departmental trial. [RF]
2.35 [60] Justice: THE INTRUDER
26May55 NBC Thur
written by Newton Meltzer
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Eva Gabor
Synopsis:
A rich American marries a European woman and brings her home to the U.S. His
sister, jealous of the bride,
tries to break up the marriage. [RF]
2.36 [61] Justice: THE FRIGHTENED COED
02Jun1955 NBC Thur
written by Alvin Boretz
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest Cast:
William Daniels
William Lundmark
Synopsis:
A woman is struck by an auto in a hit-and-run accident. A witness has the
license number of the car, but there
is no sure information about the driver. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A college student involved in a hit-and-run auto accident and believes that his
buddy was really guilty. [RF]
[--] 09Jun1955 repeat of episode "Hard to Get" with Gisele
Mackenzie originally aired on May 12
and presented again due to the request of many viewers.
2.37 [62] Justice: UNCOMMON THIEF
16Jun1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Harold Gast
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Charles Coburn
Synopsis:
A three-time loser is given one last chance to reform. His son becomes his
"jailer" but all seems
lost until a family crisis arises. [RF]
2.38 [63] Justice: STORM WARNING
23Jun1955 NBC Thur
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Wayne Morris
Synopsis:
A teenager in need of love and understanding turns to the way of crime with some
of his acquaintances
during the course of his rebellion. [RF]
2.39 [64] Justice: PATTERN OF GUILT
30Jun1955 NBC Thur
Teleplay by Alfred Brenner
starring
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler
Guest cast:
Joan Potter
Synopsis:
A girl seeks to buy love and friendship with stolen gifts.
*NOTE: A panel-quiz show called "Make the Connection" is the summer replacement
series for "Justice".
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NBC Sundays 10:30pm EST
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams #2
02Oct55 NBC Sun repeat of #1.4 "Positive Identification"
(first shown 29Apr54)
3.01 [--] Justice: "The Desperate Man"
09Oct55 NBC Sun
Robert Simon
Ruth White
3.02 [--] Justice: FLIGHT FROM FEAR
16Oct55 NBC, Sunday 10:30-11 pm
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams
Guest Cast:
Jack Klugman [JFM]
Jack Warden
Biff McGuire
Cameron Prud'homme
Peg Feury
Rudy Bond ........ Sloan
3.03 [--] Justice: "Booby Trap"
23Oct55 NBC Sun
Walter Matthau
3.04 [--] Justice: DECISION BY PANIC
30Oct55 NBC Sun
written by Roger O. Hirson
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams
Guest Cast:
Georgann Johnson
Philip Abbott
Jason Robards
Synopsis:
The teaching career of a young Ph.D. is threatened by scandal. He's
become the victim of a woman who claims he molested her, and her unscrupulous
partner. He must pay blackmail if he's to keep his 'crime' a secret. [RF]
3.05 [--] Justice: THE LONELY
06Nov55 NBC Sun
written by Sheldon Stark
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams
guest cast:
Kathleen Maguire as Helen
Lee Phillips as Joe
Synopsis:
A lovely young woman who works as a maid in New York goes to a ballroom.
She falls in love with a man whom she meets there. Her friends warn her
against him - and, it appears, with good cause. [RF]
3.06 [--] Justice: THE BIG FRAME
13Nov55 NBC Sun
written by Vance Bourjaily
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams
guest cast:
James Gregory
George Grizzard
Michael Strong
Synopsis:
A quiet young man who works in the shipping department of a large
airport is framed by co-workers who are pilfering goods. When the police
come, they find him with stolen property on his person. [RF]
3.07 [--] Justice: SHADOW OF GUILT
20Nov55 NBC Sun
written by Art Wallace
Guest Cast:
Don Murray
Synopsis:
A law student is implicated in a hit-and-run killing, but he tries to
worm out of the charges. [RF]
3.08 [--] Justice: THE GIRL WITHOUT A NAME
27Nov55 NBC Sun
written by Irving Gaynor Neiman
guest cast:
Lois Smith
Synopsis:
A wealthy boy's family is quick to annul his marriage to a middle class
girl. Later, she has a baby and goes to the legal aid society to find
out her legal status and that of her child. [RF]
3.09 [--] Justice: "Track of Fear"
11Dec55 NBC Sun
Theodore Bikel
Maureen Stapleton
3.10 [--] Justice: "Fatal Payment"
18Dec55 NBC Sun
Alexander Scourby
Dick York
3.11 [--] Justice: "End of a Chase"
25Dec55 NBC Sun
Kevin Coughlin
Pat Hingle
Lori March
3.12 [--] Justice: "Eyewitness"
01Jan56 NBC Sun
Ernest Truex
3.13 [--] Justice: "Moment of Panic"
08Jan56 NBC Sun
Larry Gates
Joe Mantell
3.14 [--] Justice: HOOKED [KS]
15Jan56 NBC Sun
Written by Bernard Wolfe [RF]
Guest cast:
Jack Klugman
Lois Wheeler
George Grizzard
Synopsis:
A College student innocently agrees to pick up a package for someone.
The package turns out to contain narcotics and police doubt the boy's
claims of innocence, especially since he insists on protecting the
real addict. [RF]
3.15 [--] Justice: BROKEN LULLABY
22Jan56 NBC Sun
written by Roger O. Hirson
Guest cast:
Alan Hewitt
Paul Tripp
Synopsis:
Legal aid lawyer Richard Adams tackles the problem of illegal
adoptions. The case in question involves a young woman who is
widowed a few days before the birth of her baby. Depressed,
she wants to get rid of the child. [RF]
3.16 [--] Justice: THE TRAPPED
29Jan56 NBC Sun
written by Alvin Boretz
starring
William Prince as Richard Adams
Guest cast:
Biff McGuire ...... Fred Delwin
Edward Binns ...... Rankin
Polly Rowles ...... Peg
Synopsis:
An ex-convict who feels that everyone is persecuting him, does
not realize that he is his own worst enemy. [RF]
3.17 [--] Justice: "The Guilty"
05Feb56 NBC Sun
J. Pat O'Malley
Mark Rydell
3.18 [--] Justice: "The Bolted Door"
12Feb56 NBC Sun
Patricia Collinge
3.19 [--] Justice: THE GLORY HUNTER
19Feb56 NBC Sun
starring
Lee Philips
Synopsis:
A would-be fireman has the habit of providing the fire department
with extra business. [RF]
3.20 [--] Justice: SENTENCE OF DEATH
26Feb56 NBC Sun
Written by Art Wallace
guest cast:
Edward Andrews ...... Henry
Synopsis:
A boy is accused of killing and robbing an old man. Legal Aid Lawyer
Richard Adams is representing him at the trial but there is once man
who stands in the way of justice. [RF]
3.21 [--] Justice: SIGN RIGHT HERE
04Mar56 NBC Sun
written by Vance Vourjaily
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams
guest cast:
Eva Stern
Howard St. John
Synopsis:
Legal Aid lawyer Richard Adams is working on the case of a fraudulent
debt-pooling enterprise. His problem is not proving that the business
is illegal, but persuading people who have been cheated to testify. [RF]
3.22 [--] Justice: "The Willing Victim"
11Mar56 NBC Sun (two episodes listed for this airdate - one posibly postponed)
George Grizzard
3.23 [--] Justice: LEGACY OF HATE
11Mar56 NBC Sun (two episodes listed for this airdate - one posibly postponed)
written by Art Wallace
Synopsis:
Discharged from the Army, Mitch Diamond returns to the home of his uncle
and aunt. His uncle is afraid he will revert to his pre-Army leaning
toward crime. [RF]
3.24 [--] Justice: "The Frightened Witness"
18Mar56 NBC Sun
Jack Klugman
3.25 [--] Justice: PATTERN OF LIES [KS]
(final episode)
25Mar56 NBC Sun
Written by Bernard Wolfe
Guest cast:
Jason Robards ...... Karder
Robert F. Simon .... Reik
Synopsis:
A woman who has just withdrawn a lot of money from the bank, is hurt
in a traffic accident. When she awakens in the hospital her money
is gone. [RF]
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