1965, September: Canberra film releases
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1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 2,287
Starlight – 01 [Ranch Night]
2. A Thunder of Drums (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Western
The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 939
Starlight – 01 (2nd to Across the Wide Missouri) [Ranch Night]
3. Mary Poppins (1964)
G | 139 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns
Votes: 186,132 | Gross: $102.27M
Capitol – 01–09 (Plus DONALD'S GARDEN — a Walt Disney cartoon.)
Civic – 10–16
"As a result of protracted negotiations with the producer and distributor of the film 'MARY POPPINS', they have now agreed to waive their world wide policy of only one theatre release in any one city, in regard to Canberra. We are most happy to announce now, that 'MARY POPPINS' can be screened at the Civic Theatre for ONE week, immediately following the conclusion fo the Capitol Theatre season on Thursday next, Sept. 9." – 06 Sep 1965
4. 633 Squadron (1964)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, History, War
A 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.
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews
Votes: 4,572
Civic – 01–02 Star – 03–07 (plus FROM THE TROPICS TO THE SNOW)
5. Ursus (1961)
90 min | Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Ursus 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Campogalliani | Stars: Ed Fury, Cristina Gaioni, Moira Orfei, Mario Scaccia
Votes: 213
Civic – 01–02 (2nd to 633 Squadron)
6. The Rounders (1965)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Western
In Sedona, two aging cowpokes bust broncos, charm local ladies and bet on outcomes at the rodeo.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday
Votes: 1,913
Star – 01–02
7. Quick, Before It Melts (1964)
97 min | Comedy
A reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their magazine.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: George Maharis, Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer, James Gregory
Votes: 120
Star – 01–02 (2nd to Rounders)
8. Big Red (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand
Votes: 843
Starlight – 02–04
9. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins
Votes: 1,775
Starlight – 02–04 (2nd to Big Red)
10. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom
Votes: 30,963 | Gross: $12.37M
Civic – 04–08 (with featurettes including THE FINEST FOUR) Capitol – 11–15
11. Savage Sam (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Dewey Martin
Votes: 1,176 | Gross: $6.54M
Starlight – 06–07
12. The Tartars (1961)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tartan and Viking forces clash in what is modern-day Russia.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei, Arnoldo Foà
Votes: 511
Starlight – 06–07 (2nd to Savage Sam)
13. That Funny Feeling (1965)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Sandra Dee stars as Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, who begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford (Bobby Darin) in That Funny Feeling.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Donald O'Connor, Nita Talbot
Votes: 1,006
Civic – 03–04 (plus featurettes); 06 (matinee)
Capitol – 10–11
Star – 15–16
[Initially mislabeled as 'THIS HAPPY FEELING', a 1958 movie starring John Saxon.]
14. A House Is Not a Home (1964)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, History
Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger
Votes: 261
Civic – 09 Capitol – 16
15. McGuire, Go Home! (1965)
114 min | Adventure, Drama, War
During Cyprus' war of independence against Britain, Juno Kozani (Susan Strasberg), an American archeology student visiting Cyprus, is caught between the two warring sides.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 334
Star – 08–09
16. The Share Out (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Alexander Knox, Moira Redmond, William Russell
Votes: 80
Star – 08–09 (2nd to High Bright Sun)
17. Pardners (1956)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Western
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lori Nelson, Jeff Morrow
Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $7.92M
Civic – 07–08 (matinee) Star – 09 (matinee)
18. Dondi (1961)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.
Director: Albert Zugsmith | Stars: David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell, Mickey Shaughnessy
Votes: 322
Civic – 07–08 (2nd to Pardners) Star – 09 (2nd to Pardners)
19. Cimarron (1960)
Approved | 147 min | Drama, Romance, Western
The Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.
Directors: Anthony Mann, Charles Walters | Stars: Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 3,432
Starlight – 08 [Ranch Night] (Plus featurette, Walt Disney's WALES).
20. Donovan's Reef (1963)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden
Votes: 9,842
Starlight – 09–11
21. Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back to her, sets fire to his house, hoping... See full summary »
Directors: Julio Coll, Luis García | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Martha Hyer, Sherry Moreland, Luis Prendes
Votes: 279
Civic – 09 (2nd to House is Not a Home)
Capitol – 16 (2nd to House is Not a Home)
[HORROR]
22. The Bashful Elephant (1962)
82 min | Adventure, Family
Set in a traveling circus in modern (1962) Austria, the story centers around Tristie (Molly Mack), a 12-year-old escapee from behind the Iron Curtain, who is hunted by the law, rescued by a giant border dog and "adopted" by an elephant.
Directors: Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan | Stars: Molly McGowan, Helmut Schmid, Buddy Baer, Fritz Weiss
Votes: 29
Starlight – 09–11 (2nd to Donovan's Reef)
23. Dear Brigitte (1965)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Family
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy who is as colorblind as he's in love with Brigitte Bardot, the French bombshell.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol
Votes: 1,792
Star – 10–11; 13–14 Civic – 24–25
24. Night Train to Paris (1964)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Former OSS officer Alan Holiday, now living in London, is visited on New Year's Eve by Catherine Carrel who says she is a close friend of Jules Lemoine who served with Holiday during the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Aliza Gur, Dorinda Stevens, Eric Pohlmann
Votes: 364
Star – 10–11; 13–14 (2nd to Dear Brigitte)
25. The Hanged Man (1964 TV Movie)
Unrated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 130
Star – 15–16 (2nd to That Funny Feeling)
26. Wonderful to Be Young! (1961)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Musical
Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Carole Gray, Jet Harris
Votes: 731
Starlight – 14
27. Girl on the Run (1958)
77 min | Drama
A private investigator is hired to find and protect a singer who witnessed the murder of a union official and is being stalked by the killer. What he doesn't know is that he has actually been hired by the killer himself.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Erin O'Brien, Shepperd Strudwick, Edd Byrnes
Votes: 63
Starlight – 14 (2nd to Young Ones)
28. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 718,691 | Gross: $32.00M
Starlight – 16
29. Wild Heritage (1958)
Passed | 78 min | Western
Two westward-bound families join forces to battle gunslingers.
Director: Charles F. Haas | Stars: Will Rogers Jr., Maureen O'Sullivan, Rod McKuen, Casey Tibbs
Votes: 180
Starlight – 15 [Ranch Night]
30. A Day of Fury (1956)
Passed | 78 min | Western
When gunslinger Jagade arrives in a law-abiding god-fearing town he manages to turn the townsfolk into scoff-law sinners while the town Marshal is powerless due to a moral debt to Jagade.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Dale Robertson, Mara Corday, Jock Mahoney, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 501
Starlight – 15 [Ranch Night] (2nd to Wild Heritage)
31. Three Murderesses (1959)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy
Julien turns up at one of his former girlfriends' wedding; she is marrying an "old man" (32). But the newly wed Agathe does not want to give the hunk up.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit, Jacqueline Sassard
Votes: 283
Starlight – 16 (2nd to Psycho) [billed as 'Women are Weak'] [French]
32. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
115 min | Crime, Drama
A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey, Marie Burke
Votes: 7,466
Capitol – 20–21 (plus featurettes) Civic – 26
33. Young Cassidy (1965)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.
Directors: Jack Cardiff, John Ford | Stars: Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith, Michael Redgrave
Votes: 1,325
Capitol – 22–23 Civic – 30
34. Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Family
A compilation of primarily Laurel and Hardy shorts - From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again, Putting the Pants on Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies and short clips from others - plus Max ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jay Jackson, Vivien Oakland
Votes: 390
Capitol – 22–23 (2nd to Young Cassidy) Civic – 30 (2nd to Young Cassidy)
35. Topkapi (1964)
Unrated | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley
Votes: 10,734
Civic – 20–21 Capitol – 24 Star – 24
36. The Love Goddesses (1965)
87 min | Documentary
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' ... See full summary »
Director: Saul J. Turell | Stars: Carl King, Agnes Ayres, Theda Bara, Brigitte Bardot
Votes: 724
Civic – 22–23
Capitol – 30
[documentary]
37. Crack in the World (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A 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.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Alexander Knox
Votes: 2,873
Civic – 22–23 (2nd to Love Goddesses)
Capitol – 30
[SCI-FI]
38. Shenandoah (1965)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War, Western
A 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.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne
Votes: 9,630
Star – 20–21
39. Fluffy (1965)
92 min | Comedy
Fluffy the lion is the main attraction in this comedy. He is the subject of an ambitious experiment done by Daniel Potter (TONY RANDALL), a scientist trying to prove that even a wild animal... See full summary »
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Tony Randall, Shirley Jones, Edward Andrews, Howard Morris
Votes: 337
Star – 20–21
40. She (I) (1965)
Unrated | 106 min | Adventure, Fantasy
An 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.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson
Votes: 3,627
Star – 22–23
41. Son of a Gunfighter (1965)
Approved | 91 min | Western
Young 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.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Kieron Moore, James Philbrook, Fernando Rey
Votes: 296
Star – 22–23 (2nd to She)
42. Esther and the King (1960)
Approved | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting... See full summary »
Directors: Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava | Stars: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 915
Starlight – 20–21
43. Circle of Deception (1960)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, War
Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divulging secrets if captured and tortured.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman, Harry Andrews, Robert Stephens
Votes: 332
Starlight – 20–21 (2nd to Esther and the King)
44. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 333,016
Starlight – 30
45. Fun in Acapulco (1963)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Music
A 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.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas
Votes: 3,783
Star – 30 [The Great Elvis Presley Show]
46. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Musical
When 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.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin
Votes: 3,625
Star – 30 [The Great Elvis Presley Show] (2nd to Fun in Acapulco)
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