1966, August: Canberra film releases
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1. A Patch of Blue (1965)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford
Votes: 9,534
Capitol – 01–02 Star – 12–13; 15
2. Boeing, Boeing (1965)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy
A friend visits his philandering friend just as that man's scheme of being secretly simultaneously engaged to three flight attendants goes awry.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Dany Saval, Christiane Schmidtmer
Votes: 3,451
Civic – 01
3. Twenty Plus Two (1961)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? David Janssen investigates.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon
Votes: 553
Civic – 01 (2nd to Boeing Boeing)
4. Thunderball (1965)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 127,069 | Gross: $63.60M
Star – 01 Civic – 02–04
5. Follow That Dream (1962)
109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A 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.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, Anne Helm, Joanna Moore
Votes: 2,994
Star – 02–04
6. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 48,074 | Gross: $13.78M
Star – 02–04 (2nd to Follow That Dream)
7. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Passed | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Votes: 61,861 | Gross: $4.05M
Starlight – 01–02
8. The Last Outpost (1951)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Western
Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams
Votes: 636
Starlight – 03 [ranch night]
9. Kansas Pacific (1953)
Approved | 73 min | Western
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 802
Starlight – 03 (2nd to Last Outpost) [ranch night]
10. Carry on Spying (1964)
87 min | Comedy
Agent 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.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 3,110
Starlight – 04–06
11. Johnny Nobody (1961)
TV-PG | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A small Irish town: atheist writer shot by a man claiming amnesia. Miracle or murder? Local priest discovers it's a plot: revenge killing. Gets to trial too late - the jury have acquitted. JN gloats - to be struck dead in the courtroom.
Director: Nigel Patrick | Stars: Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, William Bendix, Aldo Ray
Votes: 324
Starlight – 04–06 (2nd to Carry on Spying)
12. The Satan Bug (1965)
Approved | 114 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews
Votes: 3,039
Capitol – 03–04
13. A Cold Wind in August (1961)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
An older woman seduces an impressionable working-class boy who falls deeply in love with her. Disillusionment sets in when the boy discovers that she is a stripper.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Lola Albright, Scott Marlowe, Joe De Santis, Clarke Gordon
Votes: 419
Capitol – 03–04 (2nd to Satan Bug)
14. Carnaby, M.D. (1966)
97 min | Comedy
"Doctor in Clover", a.k.a. "Carnaby, M.D." is another "Doctor" movie, but this time, Dr. Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips) is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field, John Fraser
Votes: 481
Capitol – 09 Civic – 12–16 Star – 20–23
15. Unearthly Stranger (1963)
78 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Mysterious woman marries government scientist Davidson despite his lack of knowledge about her past. His bosses are suspicious of her unusual traits. After it's clear she does love Davidson, the pair come under attack.
Director: John Krish | Stars: John Neville, Philip Stone, Gabriella Licudi, Patrick Newell
Votes: 949
Capitol – 09 (2nd to Doctor in Clover) [HORROR] Civic – 12–16 (2nd to Doctor in Clover) Star – 20–23 (2nd to Doctor in Clover)
16. Madame X (1966)
Approved | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When her lover is killed, the wife of a wealthy man is convinced to fake her own death, which leads her into greater depths of depravity until fate reunites her with her long-lost son, who is unaware of her real identity.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 2,578
Capitol – 10–11
17. I Saw What You Did (1965)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,441
Capitol – 10–11 (2nd to Madame X) [HORROR]
18. The Secret Invasion (1964)
Approved | 95 min | Action, Drama, History
In 1943, a group of hardened criminals is pardoned on the condition it accepts a mission to free a captive Italian general from the clutches of the Nazis.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Edd Byrnes
Votes: 1,314
Civic – 09–11 Capitol – 16–18
19. Toys in the Attic (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Julian Berniers and his bride Lily leave Chicago to visit his two spinster sisters, Carrie and Anna, in New Orleans but Lily's jealousy combined with Carrie's possessiveness of Julian threaten to destroy the whole family.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 1,337
Civic – 09–11 (2nd to Secret Invasion) Capitol – 16–18 (2nd to Secret Invasion)
20. The Hill (1965)
Approved | 123 min | Drama, War
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch
Votes: 15,157
Star – 09–11
21. Wives and Lovers (1963)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
A struggling author and his wife suddenly become wealthy and move to the suburbs. Divorced neighbor and "companion" aid marital misconstrue which almost culminates in a divorce.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer
Votes: 307
Starlight – 09
22. Ski Party (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
In this musical, college classmates Todd Armstrong (Frankie Avalon) and Craig Gamble (Dwayne Hickman) head out on a group ski vacation, and agree that if they're going to get girlfriends, they need to understand how women think.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig
Votes: 809
Starlight – 09 (2nd to Wives and Lovers)
23. The Far Horizons (1955)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
Votes: 1,298
Starlight – 10 [ranch night]
["Plus 'Rodeo'"; doesn't appear to be on IMDb, or at least it's too vague to search for.]
24. The Great Escape (1963)
Approved | 172 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Votes: 258,845 | Gross: $12.10M
Starlight – 11–16
25. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical
Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra... See full summary »
Director: William Asher | Stars: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck
Votes: 1,632
Capitol – 12–13
26. Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Drama
Makeshift gang carries off a theft of $2,000,000 and manages to baffle the police for three years.
Director: Jerry Hopper | Stars: J. Pat O'Malley, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Gist, Romo Vincent
Votes: 176
Capitol – 12–13 (2nd to Wild Bikini)
27. Ten Little Indians (1965)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Ten people are invited to a luxury mountaintop mansion, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Director: George Pollock | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, Leo Genn
Votes: 5,295
Capitol – 13–15
28. Paris Secret (1965)
84 min | Documentary
A shockumentary about what happens in Paris that even Parisian never see.
Director: Edouard Logereau | Stars: Henri Garcin, Romain Bouteille
Votes: 33
Capitol – 13–15 (2nd to Ten Little Indians)
29. Trial and Error (1962)
76 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
An incompetent barrister is assigned to defend an accused wife murderer.
Director: James Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge
Votes: 605
Star – 12–13; 15 (2nd to Patch of Blue)
30. The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Romance, War
Union Army deserter, Lt. Hewitt, trains a rag tag band of all-female homesteaders to defend themselves against a Comanche tribe on the warpath.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant, Hope Emerson, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 1,621
Star – 13 [matinee]
31. The Collector (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Votes: 11,951
Star – 16–18
32. The Music Man (1962)
G | 151 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 19,164 | Gross: $14.95M
Starlight – 18–20
33. The Trouble with Angels (1966)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Family
Two high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv
Votes: 5,771
Capitol – 20 Civic – 30–31 [special school holiday matinee]
34. The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Approved | 142 min | Adventure, Drama
After an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 22,410
Capitol – 21–22 Star – 24–25 Civic – 29
35. Born Free (1966)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.
Directors: James Hill, Tom McGowan | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye
Votes: 7,016
Civic – 20–25; 29 [special school holiday matinee] Capitol – 26–31
36. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,329 | Gross: $7.96M
Starlight – 21–23
37. Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back to her, sets fire to his house, hoping... See full summary »
Directors: Julio Coll, Luis García | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Martha Hyer, Sherry Moreland, Luis Prendes
Votes: 279
Starlight – 21–23 (2nd to 7 Days in May) [HORROR]
38. The Intelligence Men (1965)
103 min | Comedy, Mystery
Coffee shop manager meets agent, gets drawn into 1960s London spy world. Posing as Major Cavendish, infiltrates organization to uncover assassination plot against Russian ballerina at Covent Garden, aided by MI5 friend.
Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn, April Olrich
Votes: 514
Capitol – 23–25 Civic – 30–31
39. The Big Job (1965)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An inept gang of bank robbers led by George The Brain is caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had ... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims
Votes: 881
Capitol – 23–25 (2nd to Intel Men) Civic – 30–31 (2nd to Intel Men)
40. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Western
After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into his old foe.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 466
Starlight – 24; 31 [ranch night]
41. Outlaw Treasure (1955)
Approved | 65 min | Western
When two outlaw gangs team up to rob gold shipments, the U.s. Army sends their ace-troubleshooter, Dan Parker, to the area. Sam Casey, the mystery-man behind the gangs, kills Parker's ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Adele Jergens, Glenn Langan, Harry Lauter
Votes: 58
Starlight – 24; 31 (2nd to Bugles) [ranch night]
42. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Musical
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin
Votes: 3,622
Starlight – 25–27
43. Fun in Acapulco (1963)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Music
A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas
Votes: 3,782
Starlight – 25–27 (2nd to Girls x3)
44. I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 459
Starlight – 29–30
45. Stagecoach (1966)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Western
On the stagecoach to Cheyenne, a mixed group of passengers must work together to survive the arduous journey and the Indian attacks.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Ann-Margret, Alex Cord, Red Buttons, Mike Connors
Votes: 2,252 | Gross: $8.72M
Star – 29
[Billed as "The Greatest Western Classic Of Them All!" which seems like it's advertising the '39 one.]
46. The Murder Game (1965)
76 min | Crime, Drama
A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Ken Scott, Marla Landi, Trader Faulkner, Conrad Phillips
Votes: 56
Star – 29 (2nd to Stagecoach)
47. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Votes: 215,370 | Gross: $184.93M
Star – 30–31
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