Title: “Justice” Films
Inclusive Dates: 1954-1956

Call Number: see contents list

Quantity: 83 reels of film (16 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Abstract:

Eighty out of approximately ninety one-half-hour episodes of the television series Justice, based on cases from the National Legal Aid Society which upholds justice by punishing the guilty or getting them the help they need to rehabilitate. Stars Gary Merrill in the first and second seasons as lawyer Jason Tyler and William Prince in the third season as lawyer Richard Adams. Sponsored by the Borden Company. Narrator: Westbrook Van Voorhis. Produced by NBS Television Productions; a Talent Associates-John Rust Production. These episodes aired between 1954 and 1956. Also includes excerpts of the first episode, "The Baker's Sons" and a restaged episode of "Hard to Get." The films are all in black and white with sound. All are 16 mm and all but four episodes are positive kinescopes. The exceptions are noted in the contents list.

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Language: English

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Access Restrictions

These reels may be viewed on the Steenbeck only.

Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

Acquisition Information

Most presented by David Susskind in 1991 as part of the David Susskind Papers. One reel presented by Joyce Coe in 1979 as part of the Fred Coe Papers. Accession Number: M91-034, MCHC79-078

CB 432	"The Baker's Sons" [excerpts], 1954 April 8 Physical Description: 1 reel (circa 500 ft.); print  Note: Television play by Irving Gaynor Neiman. Produced by David Susskind. Directed by Daniel Petrie. See also "This Happened": [The Baker's Son -- Audition], call number DE 614.
DG 606-607	"Run from Honor" Physical Description: archival negative/negative track
DE 521	"The Quiet Lie," 1954 May 6 Note: No credits.
DE 522	"Hit and Run," 1954 May 13 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Earl Hamner Cast: Betty Field and E.G. Marshall.
DE 523	"An Eye for an Eye," 1954 May 20 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Robert Alan Aurthur Cast: Richard Kiley, Skip Homeier, and Harvey Lembeck.
DG 612-613	"In the Deep Night" Physical Description: archival negative/negative track
DE 524	"The Eight Allen Boys," 1954 June 3 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Mildred Natwick, Frank Overton, and Morton L. Stevens.
DE 525	"The Greedy Man," 1954 June 10 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Robert Alan Aurthur Cast: Nancy Guild, Eddie Firestone, and Russell Hardie.
DE 526	"The Desperate One," 1954 June 17 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Robert David Burke. Cast: Madge Evans and Lorne Greene.
DE 527	"Call Me Guilty," 1954 July 1 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Mann Rubin Cast: Ernest Truex, Ray Walston, and Royal Dano.
DE 528	"The Scandal That Rocked the Town," 1954 July 8 Note: Produced by David Susskind. Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by George Bellak Cast: John Kerr, Harry Townes, June Walker, and Jack Klugman.
DE 529	"Murder at Red Oaks," 1954 July 15 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by David Shaw Cast: Dick Foran, Joe Maross, and Dan Morgan.
DE 530	"Ride with Terror," 1954 July 22 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Nina Foch, Eddie Firestone, and Philip Abbott.
DE 531	"A Matter of Life and Death," 1954 July 29 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Alvin Sapinsley Cast: Ed Begley and Sylvia Field.
DE 532	"The Blackmailer," 1954 August 5 Note: Produced by David Susskind. Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Robert Alan Aurthur Cast: Eva Gabor, George Macready, Leslie Nielsen, and Howard St. John.
DE 533	"The Coney Island Mystery," 1954 August 12 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by A.J. Russell Cast: Dane Clark and Pamela Rivers.
DE 534	"Man on the Hunt," 1954 August 19 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Maurice Penn Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Harvey Lembeck, Patrick O'Neal, and Lenka Peterson.
DE 535	"The Fugitive," 1954 August 26 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Everard W. Meade Cast: Lamont Johnson and Lilia Skala.
DE 536	"The Crisis," 1954 September 9 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Irving Gaynor Neiman Cast: Robert Cummings, June Lockhart, and William Prince.
DE 537	"The Deadly Silence," 1954 September 16 Note: No credits.
DE 538	"The Belmont Prison Break," 1954 September 23 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by A.J. Russell Cast: Lee Bowman and Dick Foran.
DE 539	"The Frightened Clown," 1954 September 30 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Mann Rubin. Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald and Paul Hartman.
DE 540	"The Timid Thief," 1954 October 7 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Patricia Collinge, Ben Gazzara, and Frank McHugh.
DE 541	"Terror on the Tracks," 1954 October 14 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by David Shaw Cast: Skip Homeier and Joseph Wiseman.
DE 542	"The Safe-Cracker," 1954 October 21 Note: No credits.
DE 543	"The Firebug," 1954 October 28 Note: Produced and Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Irving Gaynor Neiman Cast: Harry Townes, Janet Ward, and Arthur Storch.
DE 544	"Run for Your Life," 1954 November 4 Note: Produced and Directed by Daniel Petrie Television Play by Irving Gaynor Neiman Cast: Joey Walsh, Joe DeSantis, and Leona Powers.
DE 545	"Gamble with Life," 1954 November 11 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by George Bellak Cast: William Prince and Polly Rowles.
DE 546	"Express to Disaster," 1954 November 18 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Henry Misrock Cast: James Daly and June Lockhart.
DE 547	"The Invader," 1954 November 25 Note: Produced by Robert Stevens Directed by George Gould Television Play by George Ault Cast: Betty Field and Carmen Matthews.
DE 548	"Witness to Murder," 1954 December 2 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Mann Rubin Cast: Ben Gazzara and Robert Emhardt.
DE 549, DD 385	"Edge of Fear," 1954 December 9 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Peggy Ann Garner and William Redfield. These are two duplicate copies. DE 549 is part of the David Susskind Papers. DD 385 is part of the Fred Coe Papers.
DE 550	"Death for Sale," 1954 December 16 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Jerome Coopersmith Cast: Royal Dano and Katherine Squire.
DE 551	"Escape from Freedom," 1954 December 23 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Henry Misrock Cast: Ed Begley and June Dayton.
DE 552	"Never Let Go," 1954 December 30 Note: No credits. [alternate title: "A Dog, a Boy, and a Gun"]
DE 553	"Cry Wolf," 1955 January 6 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Hildy Parks, Martin Brooks, and Robert H. Harris.
DE 554	"Save Me Now," 1955 January 13 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Stanley Niss Cast: Gaby Rodgers and Jack Warden.
DE 555	"Out to Kill," 1955 January 20 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by George Bellak Cast: Neva Patterson, Martin Rudy, and Bill Daniels.
DE 556	"Strange Terror," 1955 January 27 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Art Wallace Cast: Harry Townes and Murray Hamilton.
DE 557	"The Fatal Friendship," 1955 February 3 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Irving Gaynor Neiman Cast: Richard Kiley, Charles Taylor, and Brian Hutton.
DE 558	"Witness for Death," 1955 February 10 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Anne Howard Bailey Cast: Jackie Cooper and Lin McCarthy.
DE 559	"House of Hatred," 1955 February 17 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Lela Swift Television Play by Anne Howard Bailey Cast: Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh.
DE 560	"Violence at Stover's Corner," 1955 February 24 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Lela Swift Television Play by Anne Howard Bailey Cast: Jeffrey Lynn and Russell Collins.
DE 561	"Prison Break," 1955 March 3 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Anne Howard Bailey Cast: Bruce Gordon and Bert Freed. [alternate title: "Jail Break"]
DE 562	"Revenge is Mine," 1955 March 10 Note: Produced and Directed by Robert Stevens Television Play by Mann Rubin Cast: William Prince, Meg Mundy, and Robert H. Harris.
DE 563	"Thunder on Troy Street," 1955 March 24 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Douglas Stone Cast: Jarmila Novotna and Mikhail Rasumny.
DE 564	"The Fearful Hour," 1955 March 31 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Daniel Petrie. Television Play by Newton Meltzer Cast: Jessie Royce Landis and Peg Hillias.
DE 565	"The Wiretap Case," 1955 April 7 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Newton Meltzer Cast: June Lockhart and Joe Maross.
DG 640-641	"Shadow of Terror" Physical Description: archival negative/negative track
DE 566	"Shot in the Dark," 1955 April 21 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Art Wallace Cast: Vanessa Brown, John Cassavetes, and Joe DeSantis
DE 567	"Fear by Day," 1955 April 28 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Paul Lammers Television Play by Don Ettlinger Cast: Leora Dana and Herbert Nelson.
DE 568	"The Breaking Point," 1955 May 5 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Newton Meltzer Cast: Kim Hunter, Philip Abbott, Joanna Roos. [alternate title: "The Blues Kill Me"]
DE 569	"Hard to Get," 1955 May 12 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Eugene Francis Cast: Gisele Mackenzie, Murray Hamilton, and Barbara Nichols.
DE 570	"Badge of Dishonor," 1955 May 19 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Anne Howard Bailey Cast: Arthur Franz, Joan Hotchkis, and Lilia Skala.
DE 571	"The Intruder," 1955 May 26 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Newton Meltzer Cast: Eva Gabor, John Baragrey, Constance Ford, and Jane Seymour.
DE 572	"The Frightened [Co-ed]," 1955 June 2 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Alvin Boretz Cast: Bill Daniels and Bill Lundmark.
DE 573	"Hard to Get" [restaging of episode aired on May 12, 1955], 1955 June 9 Note: Produced by David Susskind Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Eugene Francis Cast: Gisele Mackenzie, Murray Hamilton, and Pat Englund.
DE 574	"The Uncommon Thief," 1955 June 16 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Harold Gast Cast: Charles Coburn and William Prince.
DE 575	"Edge of Disaster," 1955 June 23 Note: Produced and Directed by William Corrigan Television Play by Douglas Taylor Cast: Wayne Morris, Ruth Matteson, and Joel Crothers. [alternate title: "Storm Warning"]
DE 576	"Pattern of Guilt," 1955 June 30 Note: Produced by Robert Costello Directed by Maurice Penn Television Play by Alfred Banner Cast: Joan Potter and Donald Buka.
DE 577	"Positive Identification," 1955 October 2 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Phil Reisman Jr Cast: Ed Begley, Bert Freed, and Don Hammer. [restaging? of episode aired on April 29, 1954]
DE 578	"The Desperate Man," 1955 October 9 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Emanuel Frachtenberg Cast: Robert Simon, Edward Andrews, and Ruth White.
DE 579	"The Booby Trap," 1955 October 23 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Lammers Television Play by Joan Cunningham Cast: Walter Matthau, Janet Ward, and Jeff Harris.
DE 580	"Decision by Panic," 1955 October 30 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Roger O. Hirson Cast: Philip Abbott and Georgann Johnson.
DE 581	"The Lonely," 1955 November 6 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Sheldon Stark Cast: Kathleen Maguire, Lee Philips, and Reta Shaw.
DE 582	"The Big Frame," 1955 November 13 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Vance Bourjally Cast: James Gregory, George Grizzard, and Michael Strong.
DE 583	"The Girl Without a Name," 1955 November 27 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Irving Gaynor Neiman Cast: Lois Smith, Wesley Addy, and Bill Lundmark.
DE 584	"Fatal Payment," 1955 December 18 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Vance Bourjally Cast: Dick York and Alexander Scourby.
DE 585	"End of the Chase," 1955 December 25 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by David Padua Cast: Pat Hingle, Lori March, and Kevin Coughlin.
DE 586	"Eye Witness," 1956 January 1 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Elliot Silverstein Television Play by IrvingGaynor Neiman Cast: Ernest Truex and Gene Paterson.
DE 587	"Moment of Panic," 1956 January 8 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Jose Vega Television Play by George Lefferts Cast: Larry Gates, Ruth Warrick, and Joe Montell.
DE 588	"Hooked," 1956 January 15 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Bernard Wolfe Cast: Jack Klugman, George Grizzard, and Lois Wheeler.
DE 589	"Broken Lullaby," 1956 January 22 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Roger O. Hirson Cast: Polly Rowles, Paul Tripp, and Alan Hewitt.
DG 664-665	"The Trapped" Physical Description: archival negative/negative track
DE 590	"The Guilty," 1956 February 5 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Art Wallace Cast: Mark Rydell, Frank Overton, and J. Pat O'Malley.
DE 591	"The Bolted Door," 1956 February 12 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Peter Turgeon Cast: Patricia Collinge and Frank Aletter.
DE 592	"The Glory Hunter," 1956 February 19 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Phil Reisman Cast: Lee Philips, Jason Robards, Jr., and Frances Fuller.
DE 593	"Sentence of Death," 1956 February 26 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Art Wallace Cast: Edward Andrews, Marian Winters, and Joe DeSantis.
DE 594	"Sign Right Here," 1956 March 4 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Vance Bourjally Cast: Howard St. John, Richard Shepard, and Eva Stern.
DE 595	"The Willing Victim," 1956 March 11 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Art Wallace Cast: Robert Emhardt, George Grizzard, and Nan McFarland.
DE 596	"The Frightened Witness," 1956 March 18 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Robert David Burke Cast: Jack Klugman, Jack Lord, Jerome Cowan, and Lonny Chapman.
DE 597	"Pattern of Lies," 1956 March 25 Note: Produced by Gordon Duff Directed by Paul Bogart Television Play by Bernard Wolfe Cast: Robert Simon and Jason Robards Jr.