1966, May: Canberra film releases
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1. One Spy Too Many (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
U.N.C.L.E. agents Solo and Kuryakin try to stop a megalomaniac who thinks he's like Alexander The Great, commits offenses against the ten commandments and steals chemical weapons from the army in order to achieve world domination.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Rip Torn, Dorothy Provine
Votes: 598
Capitol – 01 Civic – 06–08
2. Escort for Hire (1960)
66 min | Crime, Drama
Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: June Thorburn, Pete Murray, Noel Trevarthen, Jan Holden
Votes: 48
Capitol – 01 (2nd to One Spy) Civic – 06–08 (2nd to One Spy)
3. The Reward (1965)
92 min | Drama, Western
Bounty hunters capture a wanted fugitive, but on the return trip begin to fight among themselves as to who should get the bigger share of the reward.
Director: Serge Bourguignon | Stars: Max von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Gilbert Roland
Votes: 288
Civic – 01 Capitol – 08
4. The Silencers (1966)
TV-PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Retired agent Matt Helm is re-activated in order to stop an evil organization from exploding an atom bomb over the USA and starting WWIII.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi, Victor Buono
Votes: 3,796
Star – 02
5. Tank Commandos (1959)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, War
A demolition squad searches for how the Germans are getting tanks across a river. An Italian boy leads them to a bridge under the surface of the water.
Director: Burt Topper | Stars: Donato Farretta, Robert Barron, Maggie Lawrence, Wally Campo
Votes: 194
Star – 01 (2nd to Silencers)
6. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Drama, War
British 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.
Director: David Lean | Stars: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa
Votes: 233,416 | Gross: $44.91M
Starlight – 06–10
7. The Rare Breed (1966)
Approved | 97 min | Western
An English woman and her daughter enlist the aid of a cowboy to try and get their hardy hornless bull to mate with the longhorns of Texas, but have to overcome greedy criminals and the natural elements.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Juliet Mills
Votes: 3,970
Capitol – 07
8. The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
TV-PG | 81 min | Adventure
As the Mongols invade Baghdad in 1258 the Caliph escapes the city and heads to Basra with his young son, Ali. The Mongols catch the Caliph and he is killed but his son evades capture. In ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Peter Mann, Jocelyn Lane, Frank McGrath, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 114
Capitol – 07
9. The Navy Lark (1959)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy
Film version of a popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner, Leslie Phillips, Elvi Hale
Votes: 130
Capitol – 07 (2nd to Reward) Civic – 07
10. Dingaka (1964)
98 min | Drama, Action
A film about an African tribesman seeking revenge against the people who murdered his daughter. His crusade leads him to commit murder himself, and to trial before a court.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: Stanley Baker, Juliet Prowse, Ken Gampu, Alfred Jabulani
Votes: 103
Capitol – 09–10
11. The Naked Kiss (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey
Votes: 8,759
Capitol – 09–10 (2nd to Dingaka)
12. The Collector (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Votes: 11,966
Civic – 09–12
13. Lady L (1965)
Not Rated | 117 min | Comedy
L's elegant, elderly lady who recalls her past loves and lusty adventures of her life.
Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 1,315
Star – 06–07; 09
14. Fantasia (1940)
G | 124 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Corey Burton
Votes: 104,030 | Gross: $76.41M
Star – 10–12
15. Tom Thumb (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young
Votes: 2,861
Star – 07
16. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Votes: 215,574 | Gross: $184.93M
Civic – 16–19 Capitol – 23–26
17. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Approved | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 46,152 | Gross: $46.30M
Capitol – 13–19 Civic – 20–26 Star – 27–31
18. Made in Paris (I) (1966)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
An ex model, sales girl and assistant buyer for an NYC dress store lets her hair down when sent to Paris as fashion buyer.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams
Votes: 701
Capitol – 11–12
19. 7 Women (1965)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
In 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson
Votes: 2,665
Capitol – 11–12 (2nd to Made in Paris)
20. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Western
With no law within 200 miles horse rancher Jeremy Rodak runs his spread with an iron hand and deals with rustlers even more ruthlessly.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irene Papas
Votes: 1,724
Starlight – 11 [ranch night]
21. The Savage Guns (1961)
83 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In Sonora, in a lonesome valley near the border of Arizona: ex-major Summer tries to forget about the horrors of the war of independence on his farm. He has foresworn to violence. His ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Richard Basehart, Paquita Rico, Don Taylor, Alex Nicol
Votes: 235
Starlight – 11 (2nd to Bad Man) [ranch night]
22. The Moon-Spinners (1964)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Pola Negri, Peter McEnery
Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $3.50M
Starlight – 12
23. Those Calloways (1965)
Approved | 131 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A strong-willed family in a small New England town struggles against tremendous odds to realize their dream of establishing a sanctuary for the great flocks of wild geese that migrate overhead.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon De Wilde, Walter Brennan
Votes: 837
Star – 17–19 Civic – 27–28
24. When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
Not Rated | 97 min | Musical
Young heir Danny Churchill tries to help Ginger, an attractive postal worker in rural Nevada, save her father's ranch from closing due to being heavily in debt with some Reno gangster-types... See full summary »
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Peter Noone, Karl Green
Votes: 304
Starlight – 17
25. Ride the High Country (1962)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Western
An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr
Votes: 14,846
Starlight – 18 [ranch night]
26. The Long Ships (1964)
Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino
Votes: 3,128
Starlight – 19–22
27. Winter A-Go-Go (1965)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
Teenagers work, play and dance to rock 'n' roll at a Lake Tahoe ski lodge.
Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: James Stacy, William Wellman Jr., Beverly Adams, John Anthony Hayes
Votes: 251
Capitol – 20–21
28. Code 7, Victim 5 (1964)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a millionaire's valet is murdered he hires a detective to discover by who and why his valet was killed.
Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Lex Barker, Ann Smyrner, Ronald Fraser, Walter Rilla
Votes: 359
Capitol – 20–21 (2nd to Winter)
29. Lilith (1964)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama
A war veteran gets work at a mental institution, where he meets the beautiful and eccentric Lilith.
Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter
Votes: 3,180
Capitol – 22
30. Murder Reported (1957)
58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes when his editor insists that he take his... See full summary »
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Paul Carpenter, Melissa Stribling, John Laurie, Peter Swanwick
Votes: 14
31. Red Line 7000 (1965)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée... See full summary »
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt
Votes: 1,150
Star – 20–21; 23–24
32. Cattle King (1963)
Passed | 88 min | Western
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Taylor, Robert Loggia, Joan Caulfield, Robert Middleton
Votes: 581
Starlight – 18 (2nd to High Country) [ranch night]
33. Guns at Batasi (1964)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, War
Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton
Votes: 1,958
Starlight – 23–24
34. Apache Rifles (1964)
Not Rated | 92 min | Western
A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Audie Murphy, Michael Dante, Linda Lawson, L.Q. Jones
Votes: 3,347
Starlight – 23–24 (2nd to Guns at Batasi)
35. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Approved | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $28.41M
Starlight – 27–31
36. Our Man Flint (1966)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare
Votes: 7,094 | Gross: $16.00M
Capitol – 27–31
37. Der Rosenkavalier (1961 TV Movie)
192 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
An opera about jealousy and duplicity among the elite classes of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz
Votes: 110
Civic – 29–31
38. Hound-Dog Man (1959)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A farm boy and his dog go hunting with his teenage brother (Fabian) and an older friend (Stuart Whitman) in 1912.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Fabian, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 157
Capitol – 28
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