1965, February: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDebbie ReynoldsWalter BrennanLeslie NielsenAn unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.Capitol – 01
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsTony CurtisPiper LaurieSusan CabotKashma Baba, the son of the famed Baghdad thief Ali Baba is a cadet in a medieval Persian military academy where he runs afoul of his rival Hussein, the evil Caliph's son.Capitol – 01 (2nd to Tammy)
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsDeborah KerrHayley MillsJohn MillsAn elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.Capitol – 01–02
- DirectorGeorge Grafton GreenStarsWynford Vaughan-ThomasHarold AlexanderClement AttleeCapitol – 01–02 (2nd to The Chalk Garden)
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsEdward JuddMartha HyerLionel JeffriesWhen a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a new accomplishment, before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the journey in 1899, leading investigators to that mission's last survivor.Civic – 01–02
Star – 05–06 - DirectorNathan JuranStarsAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsDerek FowldsDuring the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the Emir's daughter Asua and her English governess, Miss Woodville. It's a perilous journey on the Nile and its banks. They must face crocodiles, Arab slavers, and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, where King Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi saves and joins them. Once in capital Khartum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.Civic – 01–02 (2nd to First Men in the Moon)
Star – 05–06 (2nd to First Men in the Moon) - DirectorJohn RichStarsElvis PresleyBarbara StanwyckJoan FreemanAfter a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.Star – 01–02
- DirectorArnold BelgardEdoardo CapolinoStarsMarshall ThompsonGaby AndréKris AschanStar – 01–02 (2nd to Roustabout)
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsRichard BooneStuart WhitmanAnthony FranciosaA former Confederate officer and a Mexican try to prevent a former Confederate colonel from selling stolen rifles to renegade Apaches in Mexico.Civic – 03–04
Star – 10–12 - DirectorJohn PeyserStarsPeter Mark RichmanDorothy DandridgeJames CoburnA young woman with a past is manipulated by the police to discover a missing drugs shipment, also wanted by the mafia. Between her musician husband and her long time detective friend, she is hopeless - but still performs some jazz numbers.Civic – 03–04 (2nd to Rio Conchos)
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisGina LollobrigidaA crippled circus acrobat is torn emotionally between two ambitious young trapeze artists, one a talented young American and a less-gifted but beautiful Italian.Star – 03–04
Civic – 09–11
Capitol 17–20 - DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJoel McCreaForrest TuckerJohn RussellA cavalry troop finds itself under constant attack by Indians.Star – 03–04 (2nd to Trapeze)
Civic – 09–11 (2nd to Trapeze)
Capitol – 17–20 (2nd to Trapeze) - DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsRock HudsonMarcia HendersonSteve CochranIn north-western Canada,in the 1870s,American schooner captain Peter Keith hopes to return to America with a cargo of furs before winter but two local crooks plan to steal Keith's cargo,boat and wife.Star – 03 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJesse HibbsStarsJohn PayneMari BlanchardDan DuryeaA railroad sends an agent to Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the railroad from building its line into the area.Star – 03 (2nd to Back to God's Country) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorVal GuestStarsIan HendryJanette ScottRonald FraserOn a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades her that she has what it takes in the world of beauty contests, and so it proves. Ditching her predictable fiancé and having to leave home, Shirley moves to London to continuing success. Increasingly smitten by her, Dan reckons he should be more than just her manager, but this is not at all the way Shirley sees things.Capitol – 03–04
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsMaurice DenhamJohn CarsonMaria CorvinArthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewelry from the stranger's own safe.Capitol – 03–04 (2nd to The Beauty Jungle)
- DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanMelvyn DouglasPatricia NealHonest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.Star – 04
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsSonya WildeJames FranciscusPatricia MichonA young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.Star – 04 (2nd to Hud)
- DirectorHenry KaplanStarsNorman WisdomMillicent MartinRichard BriersWhen asked to house-sit his aunt's cottage, Wisdom invites friends for a 1920s English summer. Slapstick chaos ensues when one friend, the zany Millicent Martin, arrives. Despite the mayhem, Wisdom rights things before they're unfixable.Civic – 05–07 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon)
Capitol – 12–13 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon)
Star – 18 (2nd to Mouse on the Moon) - DirectorAnthony MannStarsSophia LorenStephen BoydAlec GuinnessThe death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.Capitol – 05; 09–11
"YOU can win a magnificent set of heirloom jewellery by entering THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Contest. Entry forms from either Theatre or from David Jones'. SEE Sophia Loren's actual gown as worn in the flint, together with other actual costumes in a wonderful display at David Jones' that also includes a scale model of the Roman Forum." – 9 Feb 1965
Civic – 11–18
Star – 19–25 - DirectorRichard LesterStarsMargaret RutherfordRon MoodyBernard CribbinsA tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.Civic – 05–07
Capitol – 12–13
Star – 18 - DirectorBernhard WickiStarsIngrid BergmanAnthony QuinnPaolo StoppaAn unwed pregnant teenager is run out of town and years later she returns there as a rich woman, raising the town's expectations with her generosity, but she's only out for revenge.Civic – 07–09
- 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.Star – 07–09
- DirectorCharles L. DraperStarsRex AllenJoe WayTwo bear cubs, Tuffy and Tubby, are separated from their mother and spend an entire summer romping through Yellowstone National Park. In the meantime, the mother bear follows their trail as she searches for them.Star – 07 (2nd to The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsMarjorie RhodesCharles VictorJill IrelandFollowing a misunderstanding, a humble clerk gets the reputation of a ladies' man.Civic – 09 (2nd to The Visit)
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGlenn FordIngrid ThulinCharles BoyerIn Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.Star – 09
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsFred MacMurrayDorothy MaloneJames BartonGang of robbers heads for Mexican border, meets unexpected opposition along the way.Star – 10 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsAudie MurphyCharles DrakeJoan EvansWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.Star – 10 (2nd to Quantez) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsHoward KeelTina LouiseWarner AndersonAn American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.Star – 10–12 (2nd to Rio Conchos)
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Star – 11–16
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsJack LemmonRomy SchneiderDorothy ProvineTo help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.Star – 13; 15–16; 20–21
Capitol – 27–28 - DirectorKing VidorStarsKirk DouglasJeanne CrainClaire TrevorSharpshooting drifter Dempsey Rae comes back to Wyoming to work for beautiful rancher Reed Bowman. But Reed's plan to fence in her land's wide open spaces angers other ranchers and soon embroils Dempsey in a bloody range war.Star – 17 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsRonald ReaganDorothy MalonePreston FosterFrame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...Star – 17 (2nd to Man without a star) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsPeter SellersLionel JeffriesBernard CribbinsIn London, Australian gangsters disguised as Bobbies rob the local criminals, making the panicked British mobsters seek an alliance with Scotland Yard in order to eliminate the foreign competition and return things to "normal".Star – 18–20
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsConrad PhillipsJane GriffithsVeronica HurstSpy David Baxter is sent to Ireland to investigate the death of a defected colleague apparently found dead on a beach. But is the body really him?Star – 18–20 (2nd to The Wrong Arm of the Law)
- DirectorSidney MillerStarsMary Ann MobleyJoan O'BrienNancy SinatraA college co-ed tries to balance her time writing songs and dealing with her publisher who tries to pursue her.Capitol – 19–20 (w/ Tom Tryon in "Texas John Slaughter")
Civic – 26–27 - DirectorJames AlgarStarsRex AllenIngvald LieberkindRobert DalbanWhen both parents are killed by man, the wolf Lobo learns the ways of the hunter.Civic – 19–20
Capitol – 26–27 - DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsKirk MorrisIloosh KhoshabeLiana OrfeiTwo strongmen set out to hunt down a murderous sea monster. Their ship is wrecked and they end up in the Holy Land where Hercules is assumed to be Samson who is a wanted man. The two team up to survive.Civic – 19–20 (2nd to Legend of Lobo); 27 (standalone)
Capitol – 20 (standalone); 26–27 (2nd to Legend of Lobo) - DirectorDelbert MannStarsRock HudsonRod TaylorMary PeachDuring the Cold War, Air Force Colonel Jim Caldwell shapes up his Strategic Air Command B-52 wing to pass a nuclear war readiness test.Star – 21
- DirectorJames SheldonStarsLee J. CobbDoug McClureGary ClarkeThis is not a feature film, but two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together.Star – 21 (2nd to Gathering of Eagles)
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsGina LollobrigidaSean ConneryRalph RichardsonTyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.Capitol – 21–24 (w/ featurettes including "Queensland Spectacular")
Civic – 28 - DirectorHenry LevinStarsRobert GouletNancy KwanRobert MorseJay Menlow is jilted at the altar by his fiancée, Cynthia Hampton. His pal, Ross Kingsley, persuades him to use his reserved-in-advance accommodations at the Boca Roca Hotel (honeymooners only) in lieu of the doomed honeymoon. Ross will accompany him to bolster him up and Cynthia will soon beg to have him back. Ross' gesture is not quite as altruistic as it appears. He has been fooling around with Sherry Nugent, his employer Mr. Sampson's girlfriend, and figures that a brief exodus from New York and his boss is in his own best interest. However, Mr. Sampson shows up followed by his ever loving wife who has decided to find out just what goes on on her husband "business" trips. Complications, including schemes to avoid the hotel's "no bachelors allowed" rule also follow.Star – 25–27
- DirectorJames HillStarsPeter SellersRichard AttenboroughBeryl ReidAn incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.Star – 25–27 (2nd to Honeymoon Hotel)
- DirectorLuciano SalceStarsUgo TognazziEmmanuelle RivaBarbara SteeleGianni and Marietta get along wonderfully as lovers, but not as a couple. Despite being married, they agree to become lovers again.Capitol – 25
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAnouk AiméeJean-Pierre CasselPalauEdouard Berlon (Jean-Pierre Cassel) is a happy-go-lucky rogue who takes nothing seriously and flits irresponisbly from one affair to another. When he meets Helene Larouch (Anouk Aimee), he woos her although she is married to Andre (Francois Maistre), until finally the combination of his youth, exuberance, absurd family (including a few infants of undetermined origin and a number of stray dogs)and eccentric way of life compared to the aridity of her marriage, overcome her resistance. They are both soon disenchanted.Capitol 25 (2nd to Hours of Love)
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Civic – 25 (w/ featurettes including "The Old Soldier", the story of General Douglas McArthur)
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsGlenn FordNancy KwanRod TaylorAn airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.Star – 26–27 (w/ "Breaking Point")
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsErrol FlynnJoanne DruPeter FinchDuring the fourteenth century when the Hundred Years War between France and England is beginning the English occupation of French Aquitainia, rebel French Knights vow to oust Edward, Prince of Wales, ruler of Aquitaine.Star – 27
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsMel FerrerElsa MartinelliAnnette StroybergA young heiress - jealous of her cousin's engagement to another woman - becomes obsessed with the legend of a vampire ancestor, who supposedly murdered the young brides of the man she loved.Star – 28 (2nd to One-Eyed Jacks)
- DirectorMarlon BrandoStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenPina PellicerAfter robbing a bank in Mexico, Dad Longworth absconds with the loot leaving his partner Rio to be captured by the Rurales. Rio escapes prison but struggles with his conflicting desires to love Dad's stepdaughter Louise and to get revenge.Star – 28