1966, January: Canberra film releases
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1. The Moon-Spinners (1964)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Pola Negri, Peter McEnery
Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $3.50M
Capitol - 3–4
2. Help! (1965)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Sir 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.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Votes: 21,123 | Gross: $13.08M
Civic – 1–6 Star – 7–13
3. The Lost Missile (1958)
Approved | 70 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
A strange missile from outer space circles the Earth at low altitudes, destroying everything in its path.
Directors: Lester Wm. Berke, William Berke | Stars: Robert Loggia, Ellen Parker, Phillip Pine, Larry Kerr
Votes: 1,024
Civic – 1–6 (2nd to Help)
4. Mary Poppins (1964)
G | 139 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns
Votes: 186,086 | Gross: $102.27M
Star – 3–4
5. 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: 127,122 | Gross: $63.60M
Capitol – 7–13 Civic – 14–20 Star – 21–27
6. How the West Was Won (1962)
G | 164 min | Adventure, War, Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Directors: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda
Votes: 23,329 | Gross: $46.50M
Starlight – 3–4
7. Geronimo (1962)
Approved | 101 min | Action, Biography, Drama
In 1880s Arizona, General Crook and his troops are trying to subdue the last tribe of Apache led by Geronimo.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Pat Conway, Armando Silvestre
Votes: 1,305
Starlight – 5 [ranch night]
8. Ride Out for Revenge (1957)
Approved | 78 min | Drama, Western
When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the Indians from attacking for revenge.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Gloria Grahame, Lloyd Bridges, Joanne Gilbert
Votes: 443
Starlight – 5 (2nd to Geronimo) [ranch night]
9. 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: 48,098 | Gross: $13.78M
Starlight – 6
10. The Secret of My Success (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Comedy, Horror
Fast climbing Arthur Tate rose to his fame, wealth and respectability quickly from a beginning as a naive constable His rise was also due to 3 women: dressmaker Violet Lawson, Lily, the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens, Honor Blackman, James Booth
Votes: 312
Capitol – 5–6
11. The Revolt of the Seven (1964)
85 min | Adventure
Milo, tyrant of Sparta, has betrayed the Achea League. The evidence of betrayal is hidden by one of the rebels who is killed before he can reveal the hiding place to his friend Keros.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Tony Russel, Massimo Serato, Nando Gazzolo, Livio Lorenzon
Votes: 114
Capitol – 5–6 (2nd to Secret Success)
12. 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
Star – 5–6 Capitol – 25 Civic – 26; 28–29
13. The Day of the Trumpet (1958)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Romance, War
An American cavalry brigade is sent to occupy a small Filipino village in 1902 and quell guerilla resistance in the surrounding jungle. Working with the people to build roads, schools, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: John Agar, Pancho Magalona, Alicia Vergel, Richard Arlen
Votes: 108
Star – 5–6 (2nd to Ski Party)
Capitol – 25 (2nd to Ski Party)
Civic – 26; 28–29 (2nd to Ski Party)
****INTERESTING**** also shown on 'Special School Holiday Matinee' 26th Jan
14. Where the Spies Are (1965)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack
Votes: 907
Capitol – 24 Civic – 29
15. World Without Sun (1964)
93 min | Documentary
Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers.
Director: Jacques-Yves Cousteau | Stars: Pierre Bidault, Louis Bidegant, Christian Bonnici, Jacques Bourdes
Votes: 532
Capitol – 26–27
16. Broken Sabre (1965)
89 min | Western
In the 1880s Jason McCord travels across the country trying to prove he's not a coward because his Army career and West point graduate came to an end when he was thrown out of the army after being falsely accused of cowardice.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Chuck Connors, Kamala Devi, Wendell Corey, Cesar Romero
Votes: 36
Capitol – 26–27 (2nd to World without Sun) Star – 28–30 (2nd to Tickle Me)
17. Do Not Disturb (1965)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
When American couple Janet (Doris Day) and Mike (Rod Taylor) move to England for his business, she soon fears he's having an affair with his attractive secretary and decides to get back at him by pretending she has been unfaithful.
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Hermione Baddeley, Sergio Fantoni
Votes: 1,866 | Gross: $11.50M
Capitol – 28–29
18. In Harm's Way (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon
Votes: 10,320 | Gross: $4.20M
Civic – 24–25 Capitol – 30
19. The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyô, Eddie Albert
Votes: 3,776
Civic – 26–27
20. The Hired Gun (1957)
Approved | 63 min | Western
A woman breaks out of jail before hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Vince Edwards, John Litel
Votes: 382
Civic – 26–27 (2nd to Teahouse_
21. Tickle Me (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A singing rodeo rider gets hired at an expensive all-female dude ranch/beauty spa and falls for a pretty fitness trainer who's under constant threat from a gang who wants her late grandfather's cache of gold that's hidden in a ghost town.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney
Votes: 2,028 | Gross: $7.41M
Star – 28–30
22. 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy
Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Tony Curtis, Phil Silvers, Suzanne Pleshette, Larry Storch
Votes: 1,129
Starlight – 24–25
23. Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
93 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Celia Milius, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Carlos Romero
Votes: 547
Starlight – 24–25 (2nd to 40 Pounds)
24. He Rides Tall (1964)
Approved | 84 min | Western
A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Tony Young, Dan Duryea, Jo Morrow, Madlyn Rhue
Votes: 202
Starlight – 26 [ranch night]
25. The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Western
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Susan Cabot, Bruce Cowling
Votes: 720
Starlight – 26 (2nd to He Rides Tall) [ranch night]
26. Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
TV-G | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Fabian and Shelley Fabares are among the '60s stars surfing their way to paradise along the famous beaches on Hawaii's North Shore.
Directors: Don Taylor, Phil Karlson | Stars: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Peter Brown, Barbara Eden
Votes: 802
Starlight – 27–30
27. Operation Camel (1960)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy
As part of the U.N. patrol in Gaza, A group of Danish soldiers run into a series of misadventures.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Paul Hagen, Louis Miehe-Renard, Ebbe Langberg, Preben Kaas
Votes: 317
Starlight – 27–30 (2nd to Ride the Wild Surf)
28. Marriage Italian Style (1964)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wealthy businessman Domenico and penniless prostitute Filumena share a large part of their lives in post-WWII Italy.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Puglisi, Tecla Scarano
Votes: 11,036
Canberra Theatre – 27–30 [ITALIAN]
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