Films shown on TV in Melbourne Australia during April 1957
Yes. Films shown on television in Melbourne Australia during April 1957. I may have made some mistakes or omissions. I only included feature films on the list, I excluded shorts.
Note: GTV-9 is a commercial station, ABV-2 is a non-commercial station. I might be wrong, but it appears commercial station HSV-7 didn't show any feature films during the month.
Note: GTV-9 is a commercial station, ABV-2 is a non-commercial station. I might be wrong, but it appears commercial station HSV-7 didn't show any feature films during the month.
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- DirectorJohn EnglishStarsRoy RogersTriggerDale EvansA ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to do it.GTV-9, 1 April 1957. Edited version
- DirectorVal GuestStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Yolande DonlanJon PertweeMr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium. After the government finds out about this, the armed forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.ABV-2, 6 April 1957.
- DirectorLester OrlebeckStarsRobert LivingstonBob SteeleRufe DavisDan Burke is after a mail contract and Stevens through his henchman Keno is out to stop him. When Burke's son Larry brings the payroll he is murdered and the Three Mesquiteers blamed. Young Tim Burke breaks them out of jail and they start the timed mail run to obtain the contract. But Keno and his men plan to stop them by using dynamite to make a road block.GTV-9, 7 April 1957.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsConrad VeidtValerie HobsonSebastian ShawA German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.GTV-9, 7 April 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersLynne RobertsGeorge 'Gabby' HayesAmericans come West to California in the hope of peaceful settlement.GTV-9, 8 April 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorMario SoldatiStarsJean KentRobert BeattyGordon HarkerGangster Leo discovers his lookalike Antonio, a bank clerk. Leo kidnaps Antonio, impersonates him to rob the bank, leaving witnesses accusing Antonio. However, Antonio's wife Dorothy's involvement complicates Leo's plan.ABV-2, 13 April 1957.
- DirectorRobert J. FlahertyZoltan KordaStarsSabuW.E. HollowayWalter HuddThis black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling's "Toomai, of the Elephants", in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.GTV-9, 14 April 1957.
- DirectorPhilip FordStarsAllan LaneBlack JackEddy WallerRocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the messageGTV-9, 14 April 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersLynne RobertsRaymond HattonNow that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stagecoaches and express offices.GTV-9, 15 April 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorSergei NolbandovStarsJohn ClementsTom WallsRachel ThomasA World War II film made by Ealing Studios on the Yugoslav guerrilla resistance movement in German-occupied Yugoslavia.ABV-2, 20 April 1957.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsAllan LaneLinda StirlingEarle HodginsThe land-rush opening of the Cherokee Strip brings in its wake a scattering of outlaws and claim jumpers. Among these is crooked promoter Trent Parker (Frank Jacquet) and his henchmen, who plan a huge swindle by compiling falsified reports, putting the claims of honest settlers into the names of various henchmen. Clay Stevens (Allan Lane), a government agent posing as a drifting cowhand, advises the settlers to organize their resistance. Ben Jode (Roy Barcroft), the gang leader, runs for sheriff so he can gain full control of the town.GTV-9, 21 April 1957.
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsAnna NeagleMichael WildingGladys YoungThe fortunes of an upper-class British family are followed through three wars and four generations.GTV-9, 21 April 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldYakima CanuttStarsRoy RogersTriggerGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRoy is unjustly accused of killing the stallion that mated with his mare who gives birth to - Trigger!GTV-9, 22 April 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorSergei NolbandovStarsJohn ClementsLeslie BanksJane BaxterLt. Dick Stacey is dismissed from the Fleet Air Arm for poor discipline. He joins the Aircraft Carrier "HMS Ark Royal" (The Ship with Wings). When they go into battle in the Mediterranean he acts heroically and redeems himself.ABV-2, 27 April 1957.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsDon 'Red' BarryLynn MerrickAl St. JohnMadden has forged a phony Spanish land grant and gets crooked gambler Halliday to pose as the heir, Don Pedro. When it is declared legal, the Don's men start overtaxing the ranchers. Jim and sidekick Hardtack arrive and take up the fight by becoming the Ghost Riders that rob the Don's men to repay the ranchers. When Jim sees the Don he realizes he is a phony but must find proof to expose him.GTV-9, 28 April 1957.
- DirectorLothar MendesAlexander KordaStarsRoland YoungRalph RichardsonEdward ChapmanAn ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.GTV-9, 28 April 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersLynne RobertsMyrtle WisemanThe one-time partnership between two men has turned into a full-fledged range war. Roy is the son of one of the former partners, the heroine is daughter to the other. The film featured and debuted the then-popular radio duo Lulubelle and Scotty.GTV-9, 29 April 1957.