1965, May: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJames DarrenPamela TiffinDoug McClureCasey Owens (James Darren), a young mechanic, has developed a design for a turbine car engine, paving the way for a jet-powered auto certain to set a new land speed record. Wealthy playboy Stanford Rogers (Peter Mann) hires Casey to build a car for him to attempt to set a new Land Speed Record. Chuck Manning (Doug McClure), an engineering student Casey met in a drag race, discovers potential flaws in the car's design. After an unsuccessful test run, Rogers abandons the turbine-powered. He decides to turn his attention to race a car in the Tristate Endurance Race. Casey and Chuck buy the wrecked Land Speed car and salvage the Turbine Engine. They fix the Turbine and install it in a car that they enter in the Tristate Endurance Race. Pamela Tiffin plays Eadie, Chuck's sister, who becomes Casey's love interest.Capitol – 01
Civic – 07–08
Star – 11–13 - DirectorMichael AndersonStarsTony CurtisChristine KaufmannLarry StorchCognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her new husband.Capitol – 01 (2nd to Lively Set)
Civic – 07–08 (2nd to Lively Set)
Star – 11–13 (2nd to Lively Set) - DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsIngrid BergmanRex HarrisonShirley MacLaineAnthology movie about three owners of a yellow Rolls-Royce. A British diplomat buys the car for his French wife. A mobster's girlfriend has an affair in Italy. An American woman drives a Yugoslavian partisanCapitol – 01–04 (plus featurettes)
Civic – 08–11 (plus featurettes)
Star – 14–15; 17–18 (plus featurettes) - DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnWhen Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.Civic – 01
Capitol – 07–08 - DirectorLarry LansburghStarsGeorge FennemanNautical the HorseQueen Elizabeth the Queen MotherA palimino cow pony, through a series of owners and adventures becomes a champion mount for one of the US equestrian team.Civic – 01 (2nd to Son of Flubber)
Capitol – 07–08 (2nd to Son of Flubber) - DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniAldo GiuffrèStories about three very different women and the men they attract.Civic – 01
Capitol – 08 - DirectorJean NegulescoStarsAnn-MargretAnthony FranciosaCarol LynleyThree American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.Star – 01; 03
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsBobby VintonPatricia MorrowJackie DeShannonA young girl travels to California with a couple of friends in order to visit her brother. After they arrive it doesn't take long for them to get into the swing of things and also to attract the attention of the local police sergeant.Star – 01; 03 (2nd to Pleasure Seekers)
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsRock HudsonGina LollobrigidaSandra DeeYounger generation vs. "older" folks on vacation at an Italian villa.Starlight – 01
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsSheldon AllmanJacques AubuchonWhit BissellThis is not a feature film, but two episodes of the TV series "The Virginan" edited together.Starlight – 01 (2nd to Come September)
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsVan HeflinLauren BacallCornel WildeAn executive plans to fill a high-ranking position by interviewing the candidates' wives.Starlight – 02–04
- DirectorRoger VadimJean AurelStarsBrigitte BardotJoséphine JamesMireille DarcSophie's boyfriend plans to leave her for another woman. Sophie considers winning him back or eliminating her rival. A doctor interested in Sophie helps her pursue reconciliation to avoid violence.Starlight – 02–04 (2nd to Woman's World) [French]
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRobert TaylorAva GardnerHoward KeelTwo outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised together as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their territory.Starlight – 05 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsDan DuryeaJeff RichardsKeenan WynnAn innocent squatter in Arizona Territory, Jeff Richards, builds a home in a box canyon, and then has to battle to survive as Dan Duryea and his small army of gunfighters try to evict him.Starlight – 05 (2nd to Ride, Vaquero!) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorDon WeisStarsConnie FrancisJim HuttonSusan OliverGirl quits singing dream to pursue husband. Works at brokerage hoping to marry coworker. Coworker uses her idea to develop product. She gets singing opportunity, must choose between career and marriage.Starlight – 06–07
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsBuddy EbsenKeir DulleaLois NettletonElderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.Starlight – 06–07 (2nd to Looking for Love)
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsGeorge MaharisRobert MorseAnjanette ComerA reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their magazine.Capitol – 05–06
Civic – 12–13 - DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsFrankie AvalonMariette HartleyLloyd BochnerDavid Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide available, to take them there. Cuortemayn refuses as he doesn't care for the impact the railroad will have on the local inhabitants. While Moore tries to make other arrangements, he meets Ruth Knight who has lived there for many years working with her father in a medical clinic. There will be adventures along the way but when Ruth is captured by slave traders, its up to the others to rescue her.Capitol – 05–06 (2nd to Quick Before It Melts)
Civic – 12–13 (2nd to Quick) - DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsJack KellyRay DantonAndrew DugganThree executives of an electronics firm discover a bomb aboard their airliner in this taut crime thriller--and the FBI's investigation puts everyone under a magnifying glass of suspicion.Civic – 04
Capitol – 11 - DirectorByron HaskinStarsGuy MadisonVirginia MayoGeorge RaftAssorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold.Civic – 04 (2nd to FBI Code 98)
Capitol – 11 (2nd to FBI Code 98) - DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.Civic – 05–06 ["The greatest shock film of all time!] [HORROR]
Capitol – 12–13 - DirectorJohn KruseStarsLee PattersonLana MorrisPeter DyneleyA violent, mentally unbalanced man in a remote farm imagines an accident victim is his long dead mother, and his sister tries to get help for the unconscious woman without her brother's knowledge.Civic – 05–06 (2nd to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane)
Capitol – 12–13 (2nd to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane) - DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsSusan HaywardMichael CraigDiane BakerDying English jet-setter marries her doctor and lives the best year of her life.Star – 04–06
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsNorman WisdomAlfred MarksAndrew CruickshankDavy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison. On release though the chance to make amends presents itself.Star – 04–06 (2nd to Stolen Hours)
- DirectorKen AnnakinAndrew MartonGerd OswaldStarsJohn WayneRobert RyanRichard BurtonThe events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.Star – 07–08; 10–11