1966, July: Canberra film releases
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- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsLaurence HarveyJean SimmonsHonor BlackmanIn this sequel to Room at the Top (1958), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.Capitol – 04–07
- DirectorRay PhoenixStarsQuentin ReynoldsJohannes Galilee ShembeA documentary exploring some of the tribes of South Africa, the wildlife, and some of the descendants of the Indian immigrants that settled in the country.Capitol – 04–07 (2nd to Life at Top)
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJohn WayneRita HayworthClaudia CardinaleWhen circus proprietor Matt Masters decides to take his show on a European tour, it is beset by problems, while he searches for Lili, the mother of his adopted daughter, who disappeared years before.Civic – 04–07
Star – 08–09; 11–12 - DirectorPhilip DunneStarsRock HudsonClaudia CardinaleJack WardenA New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by certain foreign powers.Star – 04
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsRobert FullerJocelyn LaneDan DuryeaAfter a convoy carrying a million dollars in gold is ambushed, an army captain is sent on a secret mission to retrieve the bullion with the reluctant help of one of the robbers.Star – 04 (2nd to Blindfold)
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene PapasAn uptight English writer travelling to Crete, on a matter of business, finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.Star – 05
("In response to public request !") - DirectorJerome RobbinsRobert WiseStarsNatalie WoodGeorge ChakirisRichard BeymerTwo youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.Starlight – 04–05
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsGlenn FordJulie AdamsChill WillsDuring the Alamo siege, John Stroud is sent to Ox Bow to protect the townsfolk but, following a massacre, he infiltrates Jess Wade's gang of turncoat renegades supporting the Mexicans.Starlight – 06 [ranch night]
- DirectorJames SheldonStarsJames DruryLee J. CobbDoug McClureStarlight – 06 (2nd to Man from Alamo) [ranch night]
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsTony CurtisDebbie ReynoldsPat BooneWomanizing Charlie is shot by an angry husband and falls in the sea. He arrives home after his memorial as a cute, amnesic woman. His old friend helps her/him.Starlight – 07–09
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsYul BrynnerRichard WidmarkGeorge ChakirisA flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.Star – 06–07
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsWilliam ShatnerPatty McCormackLee KinsolvingHigh school teacher gets in trouble when he tries to teach a class in sex education.Star – 06–7 (2nd to Flight from Ashiya)
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsKirk DouglasRichard HarrisUlla JacobssonNorwegian resistance tries to stop German efforts to produce an atomic bomb component during World War II.Capitol – 08–14
Civic – 15–21
Star – 15–16; 18–19 - DirectorMichael WinnerStarsMichael CallanLionel JeffriesDenholm ElliottA motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.Civic – 08–09
Capitol – 15–16 - DirectorWallace MacDonaldStarsRobert KnappMaureen HingertWalter CoyAfter his wife's murder, Gil Reardon seeks revenge on Ben Keefer. Framed for murder, he escapes prison. The Marshal permits Reardon to face Keefer and his brothers, criminals the Marshal couldn't convict. Reardon confronts them alone.Civic – 08–09 (2nd to Joking)
Capitol – 15–16 (2nd to Joking) - DirectorStanley KramerStarsVivien LeighSimone SignoretJosé FerrerA varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early 1930s society.Civic – 09–14
Capitol – 16–19 - DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomEdward ChapmanJeanette SterkeAn accident in the butcher's shop leads Norman and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Norman finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Norman decides to help.Starlight – 10–12
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsKenneth MoreRay BrooksAnneke WillsThe story of three teenaged tearaways Johnnie, Bill and Bert who find themselves at odds with society. Following a brush with the law they have a chance meeting with a local choirmaster who offers them a way of making good.Starlight – 10–12 (2nd to Stitch in Time)
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsTony CurtisColleen MillerArthur KennedyDishonest riverboat gambler Ben Matthews is blamed for a murder he didn't commit and must find the real killer before the lynch mob finds him.Starlight – 13 [ranch night]
- DirectorAbner BibermanStarsFred MacMurrayJeffrey HunterJanice RuleAfter the death of a rancher, his three sons run the ranch but one of them is seen as a coward because of his aversion to gun-fighting.Starlight – 13 (2nd to Rawhide Years) [ranch night]
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.Starlight – 14–17
- DirectorMax PécasStarsPierre BriceElke SommerVittoria PradaOlivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal, and is introduced to her acquaintances -- a group of jaded rich kids who spend their time storming around the Riviera harassing passersby, throwing wild parties and following all the latest trends. When sexy Elke gives him the eye, he leaves the actress in the lurch and joins the gang for a decadent party aboard a yacht. However, Elke's wanton ways and Olivier's inexperience do not mesh. Charlie accidentally sets the yacht afire. The gang wreaks its vengeance by luring him into a dangerous contest of bravura on a construction site.Civic – 13–14
Capitol – 21 - DirectorRalph ThomasStarsMichael CraigAnne HeywoodMylène DemongeotWhen a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants.Civic – 13–14 (2nd to Sweet Violence)
Capitol – 21 (2nd to Sweet Violence) - DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsShirley JonesStella StevensHonor BlackmanFast 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 Baroness von Lukenberg, and movie producer Marigold Marado, His rise was also due to Mrs. Tate, who always seemed to have an extra bit of information which would make her suggest to the people that her son Arthur be provided a position where he could do more good. Perhaps Mrs. Tate had a grander plan for herself.Star – 13–14
- DirectorJohn FordStarsAnne BancroftSue LyonMargaret LeightonIn 1935 China, seven dedicated missionary women try to protect themselves from the advances of a barbaric Mongolian warlord and his cut-throat gang of warriors.Star – 13–14 (2nd to Secret of Success)
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Playhouse – 27–28
("Biograph Pictures Present a festival of famous films") - DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsRudolph ValentinoVilma BánkyGeorge FawcettThe son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.Playhouse – 29–30
("Biograph Pictures Present a festival of famous films") - 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.Starlight – 18
- DirectorDavid SwiftStarsJack LemmonRomy SchneiderDorothy ProvineTo help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.Starlight – 21–23
- DirectorJohn RichStarsTony CurtisJerry LewisDany SavalA friend visits his philandering friend just as that man's scheme of being secretly simultaneously engaged to three flight attendants goes awry.Capitol – 22–25
Star – 22–23; 25–26 [misprint; name omitted; clarified in later issue 26/07/66]
Civic – 29–31 - DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDavid JanssenJeanne CrainDina MerrillA 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.Capitol – 22–25 (2nd to Boeing Boeing)
Star – 22–23; 25–26 (2nd to Boeing Boeing)
Civic – 29–31 (2nd to Boeing Boeing) - DirectorWilliam AsherStarsFrankie AvalonAnnette FunicelloDeborah WalleyFrankie, DeeDee, and the gang meet singing sensation Sugar Kane in a publicity stunt; they all get introduced to skydiving and get caught up in love.Civic – 22–23
Capitol – 29–30 - DirectorGeorge P. BreakstonStarsJohn BentleyFaten HamamahAnita WestSteve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard cum detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve discovers that her father was blackmailing a group of traitors and the map locates money hidden in Somaliland with evidence of their guilt. Having contacted all the names, they leave for Africa taking Nadia in place of her father who is killed. Michael tries to persuade her to join him against the others and escapes when she refuses. Later, in the caves he re-appears and in the ensuing fight falls over a cliff edge after the money. Steve throws the incriminating document after him. Melodrama involving a treasure hunt and an old blackmail system during the war, which is cleared up by a bodyguard.Civic – 22–23 (2nd to Beach Blanket)
Capitol – 29–30 (2nd to Beach Blanket) - DirectorGuy GreenStarsSidney PoitierShelley WintersElizabeth HartmanA 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.Civic – 23–26
Capitol – 30–31 - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsGeorge MaharisRichard BasehartAnne FrancisA 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.Star – 21
Civic – 27–28 - DirectorAlexander SingerStarsLola AlbrightScott MarloweJoe De SantisAn 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.Star – 21 (2nd to Satan Bug)
Civic – 27–28 (2nd to Satan Bug) - DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryClaudine AugerAdolfo CeliJames 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.Capitol – 26–28
Star – 29–30 - DirectorGeorge PollockStarsHugh O'BrianShirley EatonFabianTen 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?Star – 27–28
- DirectorEdouard LogereauStarsHenri GarcinRomain BouteilleA shockumentary about what happens in Paris that even Parisian never see.Star – 27–28 (2nd to Ten Little Indians)
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsHenry FondaMaureen O'HaraJames MacArthurGrand Teton quarryman and family patriarch carefully navigates issues of religion and education in order to eke out a brighter future for his family.Starlight – 26
- DirectorJoan LittlewoodStarsJames BoothBarbara WindsorRoy KinnearAfter 2 years at sea, Charlie comes home to find his house demolished, wife Maggie gone, living with married Bert and their toddler. Charlie leaves a trail of mayhem as he tries to sort things out.Starlight – 26 (2nd to Spencer's Mountain)
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames CagneyViveca LindforsJohn DerekMistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.Starlight – 27 [ranch night]
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsZachary ScottCarole MathewsBarton MacLaneUnscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.Starlight – 27 (2nd to Run for Cover) [ranch night]
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsGordon ScottRobert BeattyYolande DonlanTarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route, white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed to their lion god, the party is saved by Tarzan.Civic – 30 [matinee]
- DirectorLuigi CapuanoStarsGordon ScottGianna Maria CanaleRik BattagliaIn 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.Star – 30 [matinee]
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsShirley MacLainePeter UstinovRichard CrennaA former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .Star – 29–30
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAnthony QuinnJames CoburnDennis PriceIn 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling but their ship is taken over by pirates who become fond of the kids.Star – 29–30 (2nd to John Goldfarb)