Films shown on TV in Melbourne Australia during May 1957
A list of feature films shown on TV in Melbourne Australia during May 1957. Excludes short films.
Note: GTV-9 is a commercial station, ABV-2 is a non-commercial station. I might be wrong, but it appears HSV-7 didn't show any feature films during May 1957.
Note: GTV-9 is a commercial station, ABV-2 is a non-commercial station. I might be wrong, but it appears HSV-7 didn't show any feature films during May 1957.
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- DirectorWalter FordeStarsTommy TrinderClaude HulbertCarla LehmannThree British sailors find they've accidentally strayed on board a German warship during World War II. They then proceed to take it over and requisition it for the Royal Navy.ABV-2, 4 May 1957.
- DirectorPhilip FordStarsAllan LaneBlack JackJack HoltOutlaws are in control of the land so the town of Clayton City writes the governor for an honest marshal. That marshal is Frank Lane, who brings his son Rocky with him. They are attacked on the way to town by bandits, but Jimmy arrives in time to drive them off. In town, Marshal Lane figures that Saddles is the man behind the outlaw gang, but Saddles kills Lane before he can jail him. With no witnesses, they blame Nugget for the killing and Jimmy is gunning for him. Rocky decides to use the insurance money as bait to smoke out the outlaws and the head man.GTV-9, 5 May 1957.
- DirectorAnthony KimminsStarsBurgess MeredithDulcie GrayMichael ShepleyPretty Molly Lucian (Barbara White) enlists the reluctant aid of psychologist Felix Milne (Burgess Meredith) in treating her potentially homicidal husband Adam (Kieron Moore), who refuses to see a "real" psychiatrist. Traumatized in a Japanese prison camp, Adam proves to be on the verge of severe schizophrenia. In his risky struggle to help Adam, Felix finds his none-too-functional home life deteriorating, and is unable to help himself as he helps others. The situation rushes headlong to a suspenseful climax.GTV, 5 May 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerGeorge 'Gabby' HayesRoy Rogers tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and sheepherders.GTV-9, 6 May 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorBasil DeardenAlberto CavalcantiStarsMervyn JohnsGlynis JohnsTom WallsA group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...ABV-2, 11 May 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsJohn WayneAnn RutherfordHarry WoodsFederal agent John Tipton heads for Wyoming to supervise the vote on whether to join the Union. One group of locals is using dynamite to terrorize the populace and a local newspaper editor is killed.GTV-9, 12 May 1957.
- DirectorPaul CzinnerAlexander KordaStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Elisabeth BergnerFlora RobsonStraightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.GTV-9, 12 May 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersTriggerBob NolanRoy returns to his hometown to make a radio appearance as a singing cowboy. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between sheep raisers and cattlemen.GTV-9, 13 May 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsHugh SinclairGriffith JonesFrancis L. SullivanThe four men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.ABV-2, 18 May 1957.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneRay CorriganRaymond HattonThe Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.GTV-9, 19 May 1957.
- DirectorFergus McDonellStarsValerie HobsonJames DonaldHoward KeelA husband and wife stop to help two men in a car crash only to find they are criminals on the run.GTV-9, 19 May 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesSally MarchRoy is a Confederate officer stationed in Missouri during the Civil War. He must put an end to outlaw gangs working under the pretense of service to the Confederacy.GTV-9, 20 May 1957. Edited version.
- DirectorLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardDavid NivenRosamund JohnAircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.ABV-2, 25 May 1957. 90 minute version was shown.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsJohn WayneLouise BrooksRay CorriganAfter gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.GTV-9, 26 May 1957.
- DirectorThornton FreelandWilliam K. HowardStarsMerle OberonRex HarrisonUrsula JeansYoung Jane Benson (Merle Oberon) just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis (Sir Rex Harrison), she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the money and what it can buy, and Jane sets off alone on a spree pursued by two ardent suitors. Freddie finds he has gained notoriety for turning down such a catch and his plans for earnest research are soon compromised.GTV-9, 26 May 1957.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesSally PayneRoy is a government man sent to solve a novel crime problem: a woman flirts with unsuspecting ranchers in order to get information from them which she passes on to her cattle-rustling gang.GTV-9, 27 May 1957. Edited version.