1965, October: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorRobert S. BakerMonty BermanStarsLee PattersonEddie ByrneBetty McDowallA serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.Starlight – 03 (Plus "Naked in the Deep") [Midnight Show]
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsLeslie PhillipsJulie ChristieJames Robertson JusticeA naive Scotsman buys a vintage sports car and learns to drive in order to impress the daughter of an arrogant aristocrat who despises him.Starlight – 03–05
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsFrank SinatraTrevor HowardRaffaella CarràAn American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.Capitol – 01–04
Civic – 08–11
Star – 08–09; 11–12 - DirectorElliot SilversteinStarsJane FondaLee MarvinMichael CallanA young schoolteacher turns into an outlaw to avenge her murdered father.Civic – 01
Capitol – 08–10
Star – 22–26 - DirectorAnthony YoungStarsGreta GyntAlex GallierPaul WilliamsonCivic – 01 (2nd to Cat Ballou)
Capitol – 08–10 (2nd to Cat Ballou)
Star – 22–26 (2nd to Cat Ballou) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsJames GarnerDick Van DykeElke SommerStruggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.Star – 01–05
Civic – 15–16
Capitol - 22–23 - DirectorHarvey HartStarsAnn-MargretMichael ParksJanet MargolinA young sailor returns home to discover his girl has married an older, wealthy man.Star – 01–05 (2nd to Art of Love)
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsAlfred BurkeZena MarshallOliver JohnstonArson is the only way out for a failing cosmetics company.Starlight – 04–05 (2nd to Fast Lady)
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsAudie MurphyDan DuryeaJoan O'BrienA beautiful woman with an ulterior motive hires two gunslingers to escort her through Indian territory so she can be reunited with her awaiting husband.Starlight – 06 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRory CalhounMartha HyerDean JaggerA gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.Starlight – 06 (2nd to Six Black Horses) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsShashi KapoorLeela NaiduDurga KhoteA young Indian newlywed finds his independent wife troublesome and seeks help and advice from his overbearing mother, a supposedly worldly wise friend, an American seeker of enlightenment and a swami.Capitol – 05
Civic – 12
["A touching, heartwarming, amusing film that shows us how other people live!"] - DirectorMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo GennAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.Capitol – 06–07
Civic – 13–14 - DirectorFrank TashlinStarsJerry LewisGlenda FarrellSusan OliverMedical student Jerome Littlefield works as an orderly at a private clinic where he creates havoc due to his ineptitude.Civic – 04–05
Capitol – 11–12
Star – 14 - DirectorByron HaskinStarsPaul ManteeVictor LundinAdam WestStranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.Civic – 04–05 (2nd to Disorderly Orderly)
Capitol – 11–12 (2nd to Disorderly Orderly)
Star – 14 (2nd to Disorderly Orderly)
[SCI-FI] - DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsElvis PresleyUrsula AndressElsa CárdenasA yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.Civic – 06–07
Capitol – 04 [matinee]; 11–12; 14 - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyStella StevensJeremy SlateWhen he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.Civic – 06–07 (2nd to Fun in Acapulco)
Capitol – 04 [matinee]; 11–12; 14 (2nd to Fun in Acapulco) - DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsTodd ArmstrongNancy KovackGary RaymondThe legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.Star – 06–07
- DirectorDon SharpStarsLee PattersonMary SteeleTerry DeneA young couple expand their coffee bar to include a record shop and a recording outlet, to help a young singer, and to cash in on the start of the rock and roll era.Star – 06–07 (2nd to Jason and the Argonauts)
- DirectorArthur SwerdloffStarsJoel LawrenceMarian CollierSkip WardThe father of a race-car driver blames him for a death on the track, disowns him, and sponsors a rival racer.Star – 08–09; 11–12 (2nd to Von Ryan's Express)
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Starlight – 07–09
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsTom PostonJulia MeadeJim BackusA professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.Starlight – 07–09
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsMarshall ThompsonBetsy DrakeRichard HaydnA veterinarian living in Africa with his daughter take care of a cross-eyed lion, make friends with other animals, and learn about local wildlife.Capitol – 15–16
Civic – 22–23 - DirectorPaul LandresStarsRuss TamblynKieron MooreJames PhilbrookYoung Johnny is a good man to have around if you're facing the business end of a gun or turning back a swarm of banditos overrunning a ranchers spread.Capitol – 15–16 (2nd to Clarence)
Civic – 22–23 (2nd to Clarence) - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonEva Marie SaintA free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the married headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.Capitol – 16–19
Civic – 23; 25–26 - DirectorTerence YoungStarsKim NovakRichard JohnsonClaire UflandA bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.Civic – 17–21
Capitol – 24–28 - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsFrank SinatraDean MartinAnita EkbergZack Thomas is a tough guy who hooks up with Joe Jarrett to open a casino.Star – 15–16; 18–19
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPatrick BarrHoward PaysTerence KnappWhen to women are brutally murdered, the local townsfolk quickly assume a strangely behaving young man is the culprit, but a policeman thinks otherwise.Star – 15–16; 18–19 (2nd to 4 for Texas)
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJack LemmonLee RemickCharles BickfordAn alcoholic marries a young woman and systematically addicts her to booze so that they can share his "passion" together.Starlight – 11–12
- DirectorMichael TrumanStarsDave KingRobert MorleyDaniel MasseyAfter yet another smash-and-grab goes wrong, a bungling trio of small-time crooks flash an idea of using a fire engine as a getaway vehicle. But they keep being mistaken for genuine firemen and it starts to become a flaming nuisance.Starlight – 11–12 (2nd to Days of Wine and Roses)
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsScott BradyBetta St. JohnJames GriffithBilly the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.Starlight – 13 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.Starlight – 13 (2nd to Law vs) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsIngrid BergmanRex HarrisonShirley MacLaineAnthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisanStarlight – 14
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsCliff RobertsonRed ButtonsIrina DemickAfter the D-Day landings in June 1944, a US Army platoon liberates a small village in Normandy from German occupation.Capitol – 20–21
Civic – 25–26 - DirectorTerence FisherStarsPat BooneErica RogersDennis PriceWhen an American salesman and his English fiancee visit her eccentric family who live in a remote old mansion in the country, he discovers that someone is trying to kill everyone there to get the family fortune.Capitol – 20–21 (2nd to Up from the Beach)
Civic – 25–26 (2nd to Up from the Beach)
[HORROR COMEDY] - DirectorPeter GlenvilleStarsLaurence OlivierSimone SignoretRoland CulverA British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.Star – 19; 20–21
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsLaurence PayneAdrienne CorriDermot WalshWhile called the Tell Tale Heart, the plot differs significantly from Poe's short story of the same name.Star – 18; 20–21 (2nd to Term of Trial)
[HORROR] - DirectorWilliam CastleStarsJoan CrawfordDiane BakerLeif EricksonAfter a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.Starlight – 19
[HORROR] - DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsMacdonald CareyShirley Anne FieldViveca LindforsAn American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.Starlight – 19 (2nd to Strait-Jacket)
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsGeorge MontgomeryJoan VohsIrving BaconSet against the backdrop of the French and Indian war in colonial America, the British soldiers attempt to root out the French Army from Fort Ticonderoga.Starlight – 30 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRobert FrancisDonna ReedMay WynnA young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.Starlight – 30 (2nd to Fort Ti) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsRobert TaylorLilli PalmerCurd JürgensIn 1945 the fate of Vienna's famous Lipizzaner stallions hangs into balance. American general Patton could save them but first he asks to see them perform.Starlight – 21–23
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Civic – 29–31
- DirectorRoy RowlandBuster KeatonEdward SedgwickStarsRed SkeltonSally ForrestMacdonald CareyJoe, an inventor in an American small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", and only his girlfriend believes in him. When he's halfway successful, another woman tries to win his heart, and his girlfriend thinks he has quit on her. But in a race for those new horse-less vehicles, he gets in trouble and only his former girlfriend is able to help him.Starlight – 21–23 (2nd to White Stallions)
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJames StewartDoug McClureGlenn CorbettA Virginia farmer who has vowed to remain neutral during the Civil War is spurred into action when his youngest son is taken by Union soldiers.Capitol – 29–30
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsCarroll BakerRed ButtonsRaf ValloneA screen adaption of the blistering best-seller which examines the story of platinum blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (Carroll Baker) who rose to fame in the reckless Hollywood of the 1930s.Capitol – 31
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsDana AndrewsJanette ScottKieron MooreA dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.Star – 29
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsRory CalhounLinda DarnellTerry MooreA man becomes a bounty hunter to earn enough to marry the woman he loves, but when he returns to their Kansas town, she has married the sheriff instead which prompts him to scheme revenge by ruining the town's reputation.Star – 29 (2nd to Crack)
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAnthony QuinnJames CoburnDennis PriceIn 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.Star – 27–28
- DirectorMonte HellmanStarsJimmie RodgersJack NicholsonJohn HackettDuring World War II, a three man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistants, as they try to knock out a Japanese communication center.Star – 27–28 (2nd to High Wind)
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsTroy DonahueSuzanne PleshetteDiane McBainWest Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.Star – 30–31
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlbert LievenBarbara ShelleyJohn MeillonA young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death?Star – 30–31 (2nd to Distant Trumpet)
- DirectorPeter TewksburyStarsRod TaylorJane FondaCliff RobertsonOn a Sunday, Eileen Tyler, still a virgin, leaves Albany to visit her airline pilot brother in New York but a chance encounter with a man on a city bus threatens to derail her upcoming marriage to boyfriend Russ.Starlight – 25–26
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsDon MurrayChristine KaufmannWerner KlempererIn 1962, a group of East Berliners escapes to West Berlin through a tunnel dug from the basement of a house located near the Berlin Wall.Starlight – 25–26 (2nd to Sunday in NY)
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsDana AndrewsKent SmithNestor PaivaCommon efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner (Lowell Gilmore).Starlight – 27 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorGerd OswaldStarsJohn DerekJohn SmithCarolyn CraigAfter serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.Starlight – 27 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryUrsula AndressBernard LeeA resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.Starlight – 28