1965, August: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorMelvin FrankStarsRock HudsonGina LollobrigidaGig YoungCarter meets Toni and impulsively marries her. They disagree on everything and finally separate. Seven years later, on the eve of their divorce, they meet again and spend the night together.Star – 01
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsLee MarvinAngie DickinsonJohn CassavetesSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.Star – 01 (2nd to Strange Bedfellows)
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsAudrey HepburnGeorge PeppardPatricia NealA young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.Starlight – 01 (plus featurettes, incl. ... "V/vision Visits Mexico")
- DirectorJerzy KawalerowiczStarsLucyna WinnickaMieczyslaw VoitAnna CiepielewskaA priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.Canberra Theatre Centre – 12–13 [FESTIVAL OF CLASSICS]
- DirectorLouis Clyde StoumenStarsMarlene DietrichAdolf HitlerThe rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.Canberra Theatre Centre – 14–15 [FESTIVAL OF CLASSICS]
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsTadeusz LomnickiKrystyna StypulkowskaWanda KoczeskaA young doctor and jazz drummer, is also a womanizer who meets one night another yet finally interesting girl, who all but forces herself into his apartment where they play the game of appearances, both unable to confess their love to each other.Canberra Theatre Centre – 14–15 (2nd to Black Fox) [FESTIVAL OF CLASSICS]
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsGlenn FordVan HeflinFelicia FarrBroke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.Starlight – 04 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsRory CalhounBarbara BatesJohn DehnerA no-nonsense drifter leads a ragtag collective surrounded by a deadly tribe of Apaches.Starlight – 04 (2nd to 3:10 to Yuma) [RANCH NIGHT]
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsElvis PresleyAnn-MargretCesare DanovaA race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.Starlight – 05
- DirectorRudolph MatéPrimo ZeglioStarsRod TaylorKeith MichellEdy VesselSir Francis Drake goes on an expedition to the New World and steals gold from the Spaniards. After making a daring getaway, he returns to England where he protects Queen Elizabeth I from a network of spies who are plotting to overthrow her.Starlight – 05 (2nd to Viva Las Vegas)
- DirectorRobert DayStarsUrsula AndressPeter CushingBernard CribbinsAn Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.Capitol – 04–05
- DirectorGeorge EnglundStarsJoanne WoodwardStuart WhitmanEdward MulhareAn escapee from an asylum takes refuge in a woman's house; but she has dark secrets of her own.Capitol – 04–05 (2nd to She)
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsGlenn FordHenry FondaSue Ane LangdonIn Sedona, two aging cowpokes bust broncos, charm local ladies and bet on outcomes at the rodeo.Civic – 04–05
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsTony RusselHelga LinéMassimo SeratoAxel is dragged in chains by Rabirio, but Leslio, using five convicts he redeemed, manages to free him.Civic – 04–05 (2nd to Rounders)
- DirectorRichard WilsonStarsSuzanne PleshetteTy HardinDorothy ProvineJoel Tarrant is an ambitious horse trainer working at the Hollywood Race Track. He works for the coarse Matt Rubio, whose wife Laura expresses a special interest in Joel's social life.Star – 04
- DirectorWilliam ConradStarsJeffrey HunterPreston FosterJames CoburnIn 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.Star – 04 (2nd to Wall of Noise)
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsBurt LancasterPaul ScofieldJeanne MoreauIn 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.Star – 06–07; 09
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsPatrick McGoohanGeorge ColeTony BrittonIn eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.Capitol – 06–07
Civic – 13–14 - DirectorChristian NybyStarsRobert LoggiaLynn BariJay C. FlippenElfego Baca was a real-life Mexican American lawman in the late 1800s.Capitol – 06–07 (2nd to Dr Syn)
Civic – 13–14 (2nd to Dr Syn) - DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsShirley MacLainePeter UstinovRichard CrennaA former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .Capitol – 07–09
Civic – 14–16 - DirectorDavid LeanStarsWilliam HoldenAlec GuinnessJack HawkinsBritish POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.Civic – 06–09
Capitol – 13–16 - DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeJames Robertson JusticeSamantha EggarDr. Simon Sparrow's love life improves dramatically when lovely Delia Mallor is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. As a model she's relieved at the diagnosis, and she's as attracted to Sparrow as he is to her. Meanwhile, Sparrow finds himself treating Sir Lancelot Spratt, who has started sleep-walking. He has also suddenly lost his gruff manner, and is being nice to everyone. Sparrow quickly diagnoses Spratt's condition: he's fallen in love. The object of his affection is Physiotherapist Iris Merchant. Sparrow urges him on, but she has another suitor: Major Tommy French. Spratt tries to hire a private detective to follow her, but when that doesn't work out, he follows her himself.Starlight – 12–15
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsIvan DesnyNadja ReginMichael GoodliffeThe police have never been able to charge Mr Valentine but that doesn't mean he is a honest man. A policeman sets out to finally bring him to justice.....Starlight – 12–14 (2nd to Doctor in Distress)
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.Starlight – 15
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsCharlton HestonRichard HarrisJim HuttonIn 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.Capitol – 12
Civic – 18–19 - DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGregory PeckDiane BakerWalter MatthauAn accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.Civic – 12
Capitol – 18–19 - DirectorJoel RappStarsRichard DevonRon GansRoger CormanTwo American GIs are the only survivors of a unit wiped out in a battle with Japanese troops on an isolated island. The two, who don't like each other, find try to put aside their differences in order to evade the Japanese and survive.Civic – 12 (2nd to Mirage)
Capitol – 18–19 (2nd to Mirage) - DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonOver two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.Star – 12
- DirectorNorman PanamaStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeJoan CollinsMistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination.Star – 12 (2nd to Hard Day's Night)
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinSammy Davis Jr.In Prohibition-era Chicago, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets.Star – 13–14; 16
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsAlbert FinneySusannah YorkGeorge DevineThe romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.Star – 18–19
Civic – 25–26 - DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJulie AndrewsDick Van DykeDavid TomlinsonIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.Capitol – 27–31 (Plus DONALD'S GARDEN — a Walt Disney cartoon)
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsAudie MurphyBarry SullivanVenetia StevensonA Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.Starlight – 18 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsDana AndrewsPiper LaurieRex ReasonA suspected cavalry deserter proves to be resourceful in helping the surviving members of a fort flee Indians along a dangerous river.Starlight – 18 (2nd to Seven Ways from Sundown) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsWilliam HoldenNancy KwanSylvia SymsA businessman moves to Hong Kong to pursue a career as an artist and falls in love with a prostitute he hires as a model.Starlight – 19–22
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsCliff RobertsonGeorge ChakirisMaria PerschyA RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.Capitol – 25–26
Civic – 31 - DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsEd FuryCristina GaioniMoira OrfeiUrsus returns from war to find his fiancée, Attea, has been kidnapped by a mysterious sect which sacrifices virgins to its patron goddess. Ursus faces much treachery and is forced to display much courage and strength as he and the blind girl Doreide embark upon a quest to retrieve Attea.Capitol – 25–26 (2nd to 633 Squadron)
Civic – 31 (2nd to 633 Squadron) - DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersElke SommerGeorge SandersInspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.Star – 27–31
"The Star Theatre is CLOSED UNTIL FRIDAY to enable alterations together with the installation of a new "Giant" 38ft screen to be carried out." – 25 Aug 1965 - DirectorOliver DrakeStarsAnthony DexterSonny TuftsMarie WindsorBilly the Kid tries to live in peace, under a new name and in a frontier town, but is approached by a preacher who asks for his help in freeing the town from a ruthless man and his gunman.Starlight – 25 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottNancy GatesClaude AkinsA man saves a woman who had been kidnapped by Comanches, then struggles to get both of them home alive.Starlight – 25 (2nd to Parson and Outlaw) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnWhen Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.Starlight – 26
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisJill St. JohnRay WalstonNorman Phiffier works as a store clerk in a large department store. Clumsy and inept, he can't do anything right. Boy are they in trouble!Starlight – 31
- DirectorKenneth G. CraneStarsCharles BronsonRichard JaeckelViolet RensingIn 1945, a GI falls in love with a German woman while elite German troops in U.S.uniforms carry out sabotage and assassinations behind American lines.Starlight – 31 (2nd to Who's Minding the Store)