1965, December: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJoel McCreaJulie AdamsJohn McIntireAfter his brother the sheriff is murdered, Bat Masterson is elected to the job and is determined to find the killer and make Dodge City safe.Starlight – 1 [Ranch night]
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJim DavisLyn ThomasTed de CorsiaCase Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.Starlight – 1 (2nd to Dodge City) [ranch night]
- DirectorNorman JewisonSam PeckinpahStarsSteve McQueenAnn-MargretEdward G. RobinsonAn up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.Capitol – 1–2
Civic – 8–9 - DirectorJohn NewlandStarsRobert VaughnSenta BergerDavid McCallumU.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are sent to the Swiss Alps to find a secret nuclear weapon design but T.H.R.U.S.H. agents kidnap Solo and replace him with a look-alike double.Capitol – 1–2 (2nd to Cincinnati Kid)
Civic – 8–9 (2nd to Cincinnati Kid) - DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPeter SellersTippy WalkerMerrie SpaethA mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.Capitol – 3
Star – 14 - DirectorRichard LesterStarsRita TushinghamRay BrooksMichael CrawfordA young school teacher tries to master the art of flirtation using his neighbor's skills.Civic – 1–2
Capitol – 7–9
Star – 18 - DirectorDenis SandersStarsDon MurrayDiana HylandWilliam WindomFollows the life of a world-famous minister, lecturer and best-selling author.Civic – 1–2 (2nd to the Knack)
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsSean ConneryHarry AndrewsIan BannenIn a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.Civic – 4–7
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsDebbie ReynoldsBarry NelsonDiane McBainNine months after they split up Bob and Mary meet at his New York apartment to sort out some tax matters. He's getting married to healthy-eating Tiffany as soon as the divorce becomes final, and she is attracted by fellow tenant Dirk Winston, a Hollywood star and - according to Bob - between Bob and Mary. He's frightened to be alone with her for a start.Star – 1–2
- StarsClint WalkerClyde HowdyChuck HicksAfter the Civil War, nomadic adventurer Cheyenne Bodie roamed the West looking for fights, bad guys to beat up, and women. His job changed from episode to episode.Star – 1–2 [episode "The Iron Trail"] (2nd to Mary Mary)
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsPedro ArmendárizGiuliano GemmaAntonella LualdiAn evil king makes a bargain with a devil in order to get away with murdering his wife.Star – 3 [ITALIAN]
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJim DavisNancy HadleyKen MayerA trail guide leading a wagon train to the West in the 1840s discovers that the U.S. and Mexico are at war.Star – 3 (2nd to Sons of Thunder)
- DirectorVincente MinnelliCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMaurice ChevalierLouis JourdanWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship which may not stay platonic for long.Star – 4–8
Civic – 3–4 - DirectorJohn HustonStarsRichard BurtonAva GardnerDeborah KerrAn ostracized Episcopal clergyman leads a busload of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.Starlight – 2–5
- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsClark GableGreta GarboThe Marx BrothersA compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man, " "A Night at the Opera, " "Dinner at Eight" and "Bonnie Scotland."Starlight – 2–5 (2nd to Night of the Iguana)
- DirectorWinston JonesStarsJonathan KiddDoris DowlingBarbara TurnerMild-mannered chemist Alvin Atterbury chafes under the constant criticism by his boss at a perfume factory. In response to being removed from an important experiment, Atterbury begins spending more time with attractive co-worker Myrna Duchane. At home Atterbury endures constant nagging from his wife, who begins to fear her husband may be planning to run away to Mexico with Myrna. The Atterbury's neighbor, elderly Mrs. Lazlo, grows concerned when she hears the couple arguing, punctuated one night by an unexplained scream. Soon after, Mrs. Lazlo notices that Mrs. Atterbury has disappeared. Unknown to Atterbury, his wife has rented their spare room to a young law student, Judy Carlton, who turns up at the house prepared to move in. When Atterbury initially refuses to allow her inside, a frustrated Judy seeks the help of Sheriff Cantrick and Atterbury reluctantly gives her access to the room. Perplexed by Atterbury's secretive behavior, Judy soon notices the chemist's nightly visits to the cellar, which are followed by strange sounds. Upon seeing Atterbury placing strange packages from the cellar in the freezer, Judy decides to investigate. In the cellar, Judy is horrified to discover what appears to be parts of a body, but before she can report her findings, she hears Atterbury returning with Myrna. Petrified, Judy screams, attracting the attention of Mrs. Lazlo, who summons Cantrick. Under the sheriff's questioning, Atterbury explains that he and Myrna have been working on their own experiment to develop a musk perfume, using the remains of a South American jungle animal, and are planning to sell the formula to a rival Mexican manufacturer. Just after they finish their account, Mrs. Atterbury returns and she and her husband admit that she is an alcoholic and has just spent a few days in a sanitarium for a rest cure. A few days later, Mrs. Lazlo calls, only to learn that Mrs. Atterbury is again out of town. After her departure, Atterbury returns to the cellar where he begins dismembering a mysterious object.Capitol – 7–9 (2nd to Knack)
Star – 18 (2nd to Knack) - DirectorBernhard WickiStarsMarlon BrandoYul BrynnerJanet MargolinA war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.Star – 8–9
Civic – 14 - 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.Star – 8–9 (2nd to Morituri)
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsRobert MitchumFrance NuyenBarry SullivanIn WW2, a US lieutenant stationed in India shoots dead a British NCO and admits his crime but his reason for the murder is so bizarre that it puzzles his defense counsel.Starlight – 7
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsLeslie NielsenAliza GurDorinda StevensFormer 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 war. Lemoine urgently requests that Holiday go to Paris on a secret mission. Lemoine visits and wants Alan to deliver a reel of tape which he gives him, and keeps a fake reel himself to deceive enemy agents. Lemoine is killed and the fake tape stolen. Holiday, poses as an assistant to photographer Louis Vernay, and they take three models along to further the ruse.Starlight – 7 (2nd to Man in Middle)
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsJoseph CottenViveca LindforsBetsy BlairSheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate his whole family.Starlight – 8 [ranch night]
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsDebbie ReynoldsHarve PresnellEd BegleyA poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.Starlight – 8 (2nd to Halliday Brand) [ranch night]
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsRock HudsonLeslie CaronCharles BoyerA rich man asks a womanizing playboy to marry his daughter and make a grandson for him.Capitol – 14
Star – 15–17 - DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsMichael ParksCelia MiliusRoss ElliottA 17-year-old girl runs away from her East Coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and befriended by an independent-minded young drifter who helps her on her journey.Capitol – 14 (2nd to Special Favour)
Star – 15–17 (2nd to Special Favour) - DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.Capitol – 15–16
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsCameron MitchellJohn LuptonSteve BrodieThree professional killers break into the house of an airport employee to shoot the plane on which an Asian Prime Minister is due to leave America.Capitol – 15–16 (2nd to Some like it Hot)
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsJames GarnerJulie AndrewsMelvyn DouglasAn American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.Civic – 15–16
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsKirk DouglasMitzi GaynorGig YoungWealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.Starlight – 14
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsEdmond O'BrienVera MilesRobert CulpA 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.Starlight – 14 (2nd to Love or Money)
- DirectorAllen H. MinerOscar RudolphStarsAnthony QuinnWilliam ConradLita MilanA troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.Starlight – 15 [ranch night]
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsJoel McCreaBarbara StanwyckEarl HollimanWhen Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.Starlight – 15 (2nd to Ride Back) [ranch night]
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsElvis PresleyGig YoungLola AlbrightAfter completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter and takes him under his wing.Starlight – 16–18
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneDean MartinMartha HyerRanch owner Katie Elder's four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.Capitol – 17–18
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsHayley MillsJohn MillsJames MacArthurDuring the 1960s, a Caribbean sailor and his tomboy daughter search for buried treasure but run into unsavory characters and a cute lawyer who's after romance.Civic – 17–18
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsBill WilliamsMarcia HendersonRoger MobleyA young orphan rejects his foster parents--instead turning to a German Shepard whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.Starlight – 16–18 (2nd to Kid Galahad)
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonSir Ringo Starr finds himself the human sacrifice target of a cult, and his fellow members of The Beatles must try to protect him from it.Capitol – 24; 26–30
Civic – 31