1965, April: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGeorge PeppardAlan LaddRobert CummingsJonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.Capitol – 01 (plus featurettes)
Star – 02–06 (plus featurettes) - DirectorNorman JewisonStarsRock HudsonDoris DayTony RandallWhen a hypochondriac believes he is dying, he makes plans for his wife--which she discovers and misunderstands.Capitol – 02–03 (plus Aussie short doc "From the Tropics to the Snow")
Civic – 09–10 (plus Aussie short doc "From the Tropics to the Snow")
Star – 17; 19–20 - DirectorMel StuartStarsRichard BasehartJohn BrewerRaymond BuckFrom more than eight million feet of newsreels, amateur footage, tape-recordings and more, David L. Wolper presents a priceless detailed account of the time and events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.Capitol – 04 (plus featurettes)
Civic – 08 - DirectorGordon DouglasStarsElvis PresleyArthur O'ConnellAnne HelmA family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them."The Great Elvis Presley Show"
Capitol – 05–06
Civic – 13
Star – 14–15 - 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."The Great Elvis Presley Show"
Capitol – 05–06 (2nd to Follow That Dream)
Civic – 13 (2nd to Follow that Dream)
Star – 14–15 (2nd to Follow that Dream)
Star – 17 [Matinee] - DirectorPietro GermiStarsSaro UrzìStefania SandrelliAldo PuglisiA desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter's fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family's honor.Civic – 01 [Italian; English dubbed] (plus featurettes)
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryGert FröbeHonor BlackmanWhile investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.Civic – 02–08 (plus featurettes)
Star – 07–13
Capitol – 09–15
"NOTE: The Capitol booking office will open Today and Tomorrow from I p.m., to enable patrons to obtain reservations for the season of "GOLDFINGER". It will also open daily from Monday to Thursday of next week, from 1 p.m." – 08 Apr 1965 - DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanLaurence HarveyClaire BloomTravelers in the 1870s Southwest discuss a recent murder trial in which all the principals told differing stories about the events.Star – 01
Capitol – 07–08
Civic – 14–15 - DirectorKing VidorStarsJennifer JonesCharlton HestonKarl MaldenA sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.Star – 01 (2nd to Outrage)
Capitol – 07–08 (2nd to Outrage)
Civic – 14–15 (2nd to Outrage) - DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartSandra DeeAudrey MeadowsA father's attempts to protect his college-age daughter from trouble backfire and he finds himself in the middle of scandal after scandal.Starlight – 01–03
- DirectorMaury DexterStarsJames MitchumAlana LaddJody McCreaA cowboy and 5 others pursue outlaws to recover stolen Union Army gold, while a revengeful rancher is it out to murder one of the pursuers.Starlight – 01–03 (2nd to Take Her, She's Mine)
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsEric FlynnPetra DaviesFrancis De WolffDuring WWII, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with a German captain. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed.Star – 07–13 (2nd to Goldfinger)
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsLana TurnerLee PhilipsLloyd NolanA peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.Starlight – 06 (with featurettes)
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsFred MacMurrayJoan WeldonJohn EricsonJudge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.Starlight – 07 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJeff ChandlerFaith DomergueLyle BettgerDuring the Civil War, Southern agitators and a crooked horse dealer endanger the peace between the Union and the Wyoming Sioux.Starlight – 07 (2nd to Day of the Badman) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorWalter LangStarsYul BrynnerDeborah KerrRita MorenoA widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.Starlight – 08–11
- StarsJoseph CottenJesse WhiteCarl Benton ReidAn anthology of mini-features, new productions largely consisting of hasty retreads of successful 20th Century Fox movies."The Empty Room"
Starlight – 08–11 (2nd to King and I) - DirectorPaul HelmickStarsRory CalhounAlan Hale Jr.Connie HinesProfessional stock car racer Mitch Cooper wrecks his car and hurts his ankle in a brutal smash-up. Mitch takes time off from racing to teach cocky eager beaver kid Les York how to drive well on the track. Mitch also takes a fancy to York's lovely, no-nonsense wife Rene. This leads to York ditching Mitch as his manager so he can race for some evil jerk millionaire who only cares about winning.Starlight – 13
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsYvonne De CarloRock HudsonMaxwell ReedGilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Droucette, an English agent whose cover has been blown, and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.Starlight – 13 (2nd to Thunder in Carolina)
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsRock HudsonJulie AdamsMary CastleAfter being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.Starlight – 14 [Ranch Night]
- DirectorJack SherStarsAudie MurphyJoanne DruGilbert RolandIn Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.Starlight – 14 (2nd to Lawless Breed) [Ranch Night]
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsJames DarrenCindy CarolJessie Royce LandisGidget, in Rome for a holiday, misinterprets attention she receives from a famous journalist. Discovering he is "chaperoning" her at Dad's request she resumes interest in her boyfriend. Based upon characters created by Frederick Kohner.Starlight – 15; 17 (Theatres closed Good Friday.)
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsWilliam HoldenSusannah YorkCapucinePolitical and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.Capitol – 17–19 (plus featurettes)
Civic – 22–24 (plus featurettes)
Star – 24–26 - DirectorJean NegulescoStarsAnn-MargretAnthony FranciosaCarol LynleyThree American lovelies rooming together in Madrid all manage to get themselves into seemingly-unhappy relationships with fellows.Civic – 17–18
Capitol – 23–24
Star – 30 - 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.Civic – 17–18 (2nd to Pleasure Seekers)
Capitol – 23–24 (2nd to Pleasure Seekers)
Star – 30 (2nd to Pleasure Seekers)