1965, June: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsCary GrantLeslie CaronTrevor HowardDuring World War II, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.Star – 01
Capitol – 04–05 - DirectorRoger VadimStarsBrigitte BardotRobert HosseinJean-Marc BoryA young girl rescues a man from a suicide attempt. He turns out to be a sociopath, who begins to take over her life, abusing her both verbally and emotionally, yet she can't seem to tear herself away from him.Starlight – 01 [French]
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsBob MonkhouseLeslie PhillipsAlfred MarksFred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.Starlight – 01 (2nd to Warrior's Rest)
- DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartRichard WidmarkShirley JonesA corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the Comanches, but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences.Starlight – 02 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorRay NazarroStarsDan DuryeaGale StormDick ForanBank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.Starlight – 02 (2nd to Two Rode Together) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorNicholas RayGuy GreenAndrew MartonStarsCharlton HestonAva GardnerDavid NivenDuring the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.Starlight – 03–08 (plus short "Sky High in New Zealand")
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLouis CalhernMarlon BrandoJames MasonThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.Capitol – 01; 10
Civic – 03
"NOTE: There will be a Special Matinee of 'JULIUS CAESAR' starring Marlon Brando, Louis Calhern, Deborah Kerr, Greer Garson at the CIVIC today at 1. While this is primarily being held for Leaving Certificate students, the general public will be admitted." – 03 Jun 1965; 10 Jun 1965 - DirectorArnold L. MillerNorman CohenStarsDavid GellCaron GardnerNoel Harrison"The world's greatest city laid bare!", roars the tagline to LONDON IN THE RAW (1964), a salacious documentary that tours the strip-clubs and underground dives of the still-swinging city.Capitol – 02–03 [sexploitation???]
Civic – 10 - DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsHeather SearsBernard LeeErika RembergSailors in port variously plan diversions for a Saturday night; but the reality is a bit different.Capitol – 02–03 (2nd to London in the Raw)
Civic – 10 (2nd to London in the Raw) - DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene PapasAn uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.Civic – 01
Star – 02–03
Capitol – 06 - DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeSylva KoscinaRobert MorleyCzech-speaking, out-of-work Briton Nicholas Whistler (Dirk Bogarde) is unwittingly sent on a secret mission to Prague by British Intelligence.Civic – 02–03
Capitol – 10
Star – 16–17 - DirectorNorman HarrisonStarsWilliam LucasJohn RutlandDilys WatlingCrooks plan a bank heist by digging through a basement of a neighbouring house.Civic – 02–03 (2nd to Hot Enough for June)
Capitol – 10 (2nd to Hot Enough for June)
Star – 16–17 (2nd to Hot Enough for June) - DirectorJack CardiffStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierRuss TamblynA vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.Civic – 04
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsMarlon BrandoDavid NivenShirley JonesTwo scam artists preying on women for their money clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or will the rough small-change scammer rise to win the wager?Star – 04 ["the funniest story ever put between covers!"]
Capitol – 13–15
Civic – 20 - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Starlight – 10–13 (plus featurettes including "Killers and Clowns" [and] "New Ski Horizons")
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsRobert MitchumElsa MartinelliJack HawkinsIn colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.Capitol – 11–12
Civic – 18–19 - DirectorJeremy SummersStarsGerry and the PacemakersMona WashbourneGeorge A. CooperGerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early-1960s Liverpool Beat Scene. Art students by day and musicians by night, the boys' big break comes by winning a local talent contest. But first, they must retrieve their instruments, which have been mistakenly carried to the airport.Civic – 11–15
Star – 11–12; 14–15
Capitol – 18–22 - DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsJames DarrenPamela TiffinPaul LyndeA wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.Civic – 11–15 (2nd to Ferry Cross the Mersey)
Star – 11–12; 14–15 (2nd to Ferry Cross the Mersey)
Capitol – 18–22 (2nd to Ferry Cross the Mersey) - DirectorJack CardiffJohn FordStarsRod TaylorJulie ChristieMaggie SmithThe misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century.Star – 10
- DirectorGeorge EnglundStarsJoanne WoodwardStuart WhitmanEdward MulhareAn escapee from an asylum takes refuge in a woman's house; but she has dark secrets of her own.Star – 10 (2nd to Young Cassidy) [DARK THRILLER]
- DirectorKen HughesHenry HathawayBryan ForbesStarsKim NovakLaurence HarveyRobert MorleyA medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.Starlight – 15
- DirectorAndré De TothSabatino CiuffiniRiccardo FredaStarsJeffrey HunterMylène DemongeotRon RandellA slave architect in Gaul is ordered by a Roman governor to lead an expedition, constantly under danger of attack by Celtic warriors, to the Valley of the Sil to find much-needed gold for Rome.Starlight – 15 (2nd to Of Human Bondage)
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnCarolyn JonesA marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.Starlight – 16 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsCantinflasDan DaileyShirley JonesThe young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.Starlight – 17–19 (plus featurettes including Song of London)
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsPeter ReynoldsDermot WalshJoanna DunhamThe nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.Capitol – 15 (2nd to Bedtime Story)
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsKenneth MoreLloyd NolanJoan O'BrienThis is the story of the riotous, romantic, exciting, astonishing and highly entertaining adventures of Lieutenant Commander "Bodger" Badger, R.N. (Kenneth More). An exceptionally likeable fellow, the Badger has one besetting sin, a shining honesty.Capitol – 16–17
Civic – 24 - DirectorStuart HeislerStarsClayton MooreJay SilverheelsLyle BettgerWealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.Capitol – 16–17 (2nd to We Joined the Navy)
Civic – 24 (2nd to We Joined the Navy) - DirectorRichard WilsonStarsYul BrynnerJanice RuleGeorge SegalIn New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.Civic – 16–17
Capitol – 24
Star – 30–31 - DirectorLeslie StevensStarsJames MasonNeville BrandKate ManxIn 1718, on a small island off the Carolina coast, a recently freed family of indentured servants plans to settle and homestead there but they run into conflict with a group of fishermen also claiming ownership of the island.Civic – 16–17 (2nd to Invitation to a Gunfighter)
Capitol – 24 (2nd to Invitation to a Gunfighter)
Star – 30–31 (2nd to Invitation to a Gunfighter) - DirectorDelmer DavesStarsHenry FondaMaureen O'HaraJames MacArthurGrand Teton quarryman and family patriarch carefully navigates issues of religion and education in order to eke out a brighter future for his family.Star – 18–19; 21
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsLex BarkerCarole MathewsLisa GastoniA man, awakening with no memory, is told he is an heir to millions, but he suspects he is an heir to trouble instead.Star – 18–19; 21 (2nd to Spencer's Mountain)
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsBarbara WindsorBernard CribbinsAgent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.Capitol – 25–26
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsEmrys JonesSarah LawsonPatrick BarrModel prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burglary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.Capitol – 25–26 (2nd to Carry on Spying)
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineLou JacobiWhen a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn't want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.Capitol – 27–29
Star – 24 - DirectorWilliam AsherStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloLuciana PaluzziLocal beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.Civic – 25–26 (w/ sexploitation film "Naked in the Deep")
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaWalter MatthauFritz WeaverA technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?Civic – 27–29
Capitol – 30–31 - DirectorSven MethlingStarsPaul HagenLouis Miehe-RenardEbbe LangbergAs part of the U.N. patrol in Gaza, A group of Danish soldiers run into a series of misadventures.Civic – 27–29 (2nd to Fail Safe)
Capitol – 30–31 (2nd to Fail Safe) - DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsVincent PriceNancy KovackChris WarfieldAn evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.Star – 25 [HORROR]
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellChristopher LeeWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.Star – 25 (2nd to Diary of a Madman) [HORROR]
- 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.Star – 26; 28–29
- DirectorRobert AldrichSergio LeoneStarsStewart GrangerPier AngeliStanley BakerSex, torture, and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes that his people can co-exist with the Sodomites--a disastrous decision.Starlight – 24–26 (plus featurettes including "This is Hong Kong")
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsLaurence HarveyFrance NuyenMartha HyerA Eurasian photographer uses his women in an attempt to get American nationality.Starlight – 29
- DirectorArnold BelgardEdoardo CapolinoStarsMarshall ThompsonGaby AndréKris AschanStarlight – 29 (2nd to A Girl Named Tamiko)
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsBarry SullivanMarilyn MaxwellScott BradyAn aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised.Starlight – 30 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsHenry FondaAnthony PerkinsBetsy PalmerA cynical former sheriff turned bounty hunter helps a young, recently appointed acting sheriff with his advice, his experience and his gun.Starlight – 30 (2nd to Stage to Thunder Rock) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorCarlo CampogallianiStarsJack PalanceEleonora Rossi DragoGuy MadisonA cruel Lombard ruler marries the daughter of another king, kills her father, beats her lover but he ultimately faces a major popular revolt against him.Civic – 30–31 [Italian]
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsChris WarfieldJacklyn O'DonnellHarp McGuireBased on a short story by Rod Serling ("The Twilight Zone"), a cop "mistakenly" kills a 14-year-old boy during a robbery. Although acquitted for the shooting, the cop is haunted by his crime.Civic – 30–31 (2nd to Sword of the Conqueror)