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Justice
Episode Guide -
October 2005
( ep #3.23 )
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)
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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:
Gary Merrill as Jason Tyler (1954-55)
Dane Clark as Richard Adams #1 (1954-55)
William Prince as Richard Adams #2 (1955-56)
Narrator:
Westbrook Van Voorhis
Premise:
The investigations of Richard Adams and Jason Tyler, attorneys for
the Legal Aid Society in New York.
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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
Synopsis:
A man is accused of his brother's crime. From files of the Legal
Aid Society. [RF]
1.02 [--] Justice: "Keith's Case"
15 April 1954 NBC Thur
Richard Kiley
Phyllis Kirk
Warren Stevens
1.03 [--] Justice: "Run from Honor" Episode:
22 April 1954 NBC Thur
Sidney Blackmer
Wallace Ford
Eileen Heckart
1.04 [--] Justice: "Positive Identification"
29 April 1954 NBC Thur
Ed Begley
Ben Gazzara
Don Hanmer
Louisa Horton
1.05 [--] Justice: "The Quiet Life"
6 May 1954 NBC Thur
Ed Begley
J. Carrol Naish
1.06 [--] Justice: "Hit and Run"
13May1954 NBC Thur
Ed Begley
Betty Field
E.G. Marshall
1.07 [--] Justice: "An Eye for an Eye"
20 May 1954 NBC Thur
Skip Homeier
Richard Kiley
Harvey Lembeck
1.08 [--] Justice: IN THE DEEP NIGHT
27May54 NBC Thur
Written by Halsted Welles
Directed by Daniel Petrie [JFM]
Guest Cast:
Rod Steiger
Johnny Stewart
Synopsis:
A murderer intimidates a witness to prevent him from testifying. [RF]
1.09 [--] Justice: THE EIGHT ALIEN BOYS
03Jun54 NBC Thur
Guest Cast:
James Barton
Mildred Natwick
1.10 [--] Justice: THE GREEDY MAN
10Jun54 NBC Thur
Guest cast:
Nancy Guild
Joseph Sweeney
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"
17June54 NBC Thur
Madge Evans
Nancy Guild
1.12 [--] Justice: "The Spinster"
24Jun54 NBC Thur
Peter Cookson
Signe Hasso
Paul McGrath
1.13 [--] Justice: "Call Me Guilty"
01Jul54 NBC Thur
Ernest Truex
1.14 [--] Justice: "The Scandal That Rocked the Town"
08Jul54 NBC Thur
John Kerr
June Walker
1.15 [--] Justice: "Murder at Red Oaks"
15Jul54 NBC Thur
Dick Foran
1.16 [--] Justice: "Ride with Terror"
22Jul54 NBC Thur
Eddie Firestone
1.17 [--] Justice: "A Matter of Life and Death"
29Jul54 NBC Thur
Ed Begley
Sylvia Field
1.18 [--] Justice: "The Blackmailer"
05Aug54 NBC Thur
Eva Gabor
George Macready
[--] 12Aug54 - no details
1.19 [--] Justice: "Man on the Hunt"
19Aug54 NBC Thur
Patrick O'Neal
Lenka Peterson
1.20 [--] Justice: THE FUGITIVE
26-Aug-1954 NBC Thur
starring
Lilia Skala as Clemy
Lamont Johnson
[--] 2Sep54 - no details
1.21 [--] Justice: "The Crisis"
09Sep54 NBC Thur
Robert Cummings
June Lockhart
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NBC Thursdays 8:30pm EST
2.01 [--] Justice: THE DEADLY SILENCE
16Sep54 NBC Thur
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. Case is from the files of the National Legal Aid
Association. [RF]
2.02 [--] Justice: "Belmont Prison Break"
23Sep54 NBC Thur
Lee Bowman
Dick Foran
2.03 [--] Justice: "The Frightened Clown"
30Sep54 NBC Thur
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Paul Hartman
2.04 [--] Justice: "The Timid Thief"
07Oct54 NBC Thur
Patricia Collins
Ben Gazzara
2.05 [--] Justice: "Terror on the Tracks"
14Oct54 NBC Thur
Skip Homeier
Gaby Rodgers
2.06 [--] Justice: "The Safe-Cracker"
21Oct54 NBC Thur
Leora Dana
2.07 [--] Justice: THE FIREBUG
28Oct54 NBC, Thursday 8:30-9 pm
Starring: Gary Merrill & Dane Clark
Guest Cast:
Harry Townes
Janet Ward
Rudy Bond ....... Phil
2.08 [--] Justice: "Run for Your Life" Episode:
04Nov54 NBC Thur
Dane Clark (possible exit)
2.09 [--] Justice: "Gamble with Life"
11Nov54 NBC Thur
William Prince (possibly entry)
2.10 [--] Justice: "Express to Disaster"
18Nov54 NBC Thur
James Daly
June Lockhart
2.11 [--] Justice: "The Invader"
25Nov54 NBC Thur
Betty Field
Carmen Mathews
2.12 [--] Justice: "Witness to Murder"
02Dec54 NBC Thur
Ben Gazzara
Jeff Harris
2.13 [--] Justice: EDGE OF FEAR
09Dec54 NBC Thur
starring
Peggy Ann Garner
William Redfield
2.14 [--] Justice: "Death for Sale"
16Dec54 NBC Thur
Kevin Coughlin
Royal Dano
2.15 [--] Justice: "Escape from Freedom"
23Dec54
Ed Begley
2.16 [--] Justice: "A Dog, a Boy and a Gun"
30Dec54 NBC Thur
Paul Tripp
2.17 [--] Justice: "Cry Wolf"
06Jan55 NBC Thur
Martin Brooks
2.18 [--] Justice: "Save Me Now"
13Jan55 NBC Thur
Gaby Rodgers
Jack Warden
2.19 20Jan55 - no details
2.20 27Jan55 - no details
2.21 03Feb55 - no details
2.22 [--] Justice: WITNESS FOR DEATH
10Feb55 NBC Thur
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]
2.23 [--] Justice: HOUSE OF HATRED
17Feb1955 NBC Thur
written by Nicholas Baehr
Guest Cast:
Glenda Farrell
Frank McHugh
Tyler doubles as Cupid when he tries to help out two teenagers who want
to get married. [RF]
2.24 [--] Justice: "Violence at Stover's Corner"
24Feb55 NBC Thur
Jeffrey Lynn
2.25 [--] Justice: "Jail Break"
03Mar55 NBC Thur
Bruce Gordon
2.26 [--] Justice: "Revenge Is Mine"
10Mar55 NBC Thur
Meg Mundy
2.27 [--] Justice: "Guilty Secret"
17Mar55 NBC Thur
Patricia Breslin
Peter Mark Richman .... (as Mark Richman)
2.28 [--] Justice: THUNDER ON TROY STREET
24Mar1955 NBC Thur
starring
Jarmila Novotna
[--] 31Mar55 - no details
2.29 [--] Justice: THE WIRETAP CASE
07Apr55 NBC Thur
June Lockhart
Joe Maross
Synopsis:
TV Repairman agrees to tap telephone wires. [RF]
2.30 [--] Justice: SHADOW OF TERROR
14Apr1955 NBC Thur
starring
Peggy Ann Garner
William Redfield
2.31 [--] Justice: SHOT IN THE DARK
21Apr1955 NBC Thur
written by Art Wallace
starring
Vanessa Brown as Annie
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]
2.32 [--] Justice: FEAR BY DAY
28Apr55 NBC Thur
written by Don Ettlinger
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]
2.33 [--] Justice: THE BLUES KILL ME
05May1955 NBC Thur
Kim Hunter
2.34 [--] Justice: HARD TO GET (a.k.a. "Your Hit Parade")
12May1955 NBC Thur
written by Eugene Francis
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)
2.35 [--] Justice: BADGE OF DISHONOR
19May1955 NBC Thur
written by Anne Howard Bailey
starring
Lilia Skala
Arthur Franz
A policeman accidentally injures an innocent bystander while chasing a
criminal. Repercussions arise because the officer is off duty when the
accident occurs. [RF]
2.36 [--] Justice: THE INTRUDER
26May55 NBC Thur
written by Newton Meltzer
starring
Eva Gabor
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]
2.37 [--] Justice: THE FRIGHTENED
02Jun55 NBC Thur
written by Alvin Boretz
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]
[--] 09Jun55 - no details
2.38 [--] Justice: "Uncommon Thief"
16June1955 NBC Thur
Charles Coburn
[--] 23Jun55 - no details
2.39 [--] Justice: "Pattern of Guilt"
30 Jun55 NBC Thur
Joan Potter
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NBC Sundays 10:30pm EST
Starring:
William Prince as Richard Adams #2
3.01 [--] Justice: "Positive Identification"
02Oct55 NBC Sun
Ed Begley
Don Hanmer
3.02 [--] Justice: "The Desperate Man"
09Oct55 NBC Sun
Robert Simon
Ruth White
3.03 [--] 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
3.04 [--] Justice: "Booby Trap"
23Oct55 NBC Sun
Walter Matthau
3.05 [--] 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]
3.06 [--] 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]
3.07 [--] 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]
3.08 [--] 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]
3.09 [--] 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]
3.10 [--] Justice: "Track of Fear"
11Dec55 NBC Sun
Theodore Bikel
Maureen Stapleton
3.11 [--] Justice: "Fatal Payment"
18Dec55 NBC Sun
Alexander Scourby
Dick York
3.12 [--] Justice: "End of a Chase"
25Dec55 NBC Sun
Kevin Coughlin
Pat Hingle
Lori March
3.13 [--] Justice: "Eyewitness"
01Jan56 NBC Sun
Ernest Truex
3.14 [--] Justice: "Moment of Panic"
08Jan56 NBC Sun
Larry Gates
Joe Mantell
3.15 [--] 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]
3.16 [--] 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]
3.17 [--] 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]
3.18 [--] Justice: "The Guilty"
05Feb56 NBC Sun
J. Pat O'Malley
Mark Rydell
3.19 [--] Justice: "The Bolted Door"
12Feb56 NBC Sun
Patricia Collinge
3.20 [--] 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]
3.21 [--] 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]
3.22 [--] 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]
3.23 [--] Justice: "The Willing Victim"
11Mar56 NBC Sun (two episodes listed for this airdate -
one possibly postponed)
George Grizzard
3.23 [--] Justice: LEGACY OF HATE
11Mar56 NBC Sun (two episodes listed for this
airdate - one possibly 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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