1965, January: Canberra film releases
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- 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.Capitol – 02
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsVirgilio TeixeiraMaurice ReynaMarianne BenetA young lad working in a bank in Valencia 'borrows' a million pesetas so he can help his dad pay to get his taxi fixed. Instead he finds himself being chased all over town not only by the police but also by a selection of the local low-life after the cash.Capitol – 02 (2nd to A Stitch in Time)
- DirectorDon McGuireStarsFrank SinatraKeenan WynnWilliam ConradAfter two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.Star – 02
Capitol – 16 - DirectorCharles WaltersStarsDebbie ReynoldsHarve PresnellEd BegleyA poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.Civic – 02–03
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsDavid NivenPeter SellersRobert WagnerThe bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".Star – 02, 04–05
Capitol – 15–18 - DirectorPeter Graham ScottStarsJames Robertson JusticeLeslie PhillipsStanley BaxterA young married couple experience difficulties doing up a cottage, and are hindered by the wife's father.Capitol – 03–05
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsIan CarmichaelCurd JürgensJanet MunroA Cambridge astrophysicist on routine business in London finds it frustratingly difficult to return a wallet of money to an Eastern European friend, a task complicated by a puzzling if scatterbrained society girl.Capitol – 03–05 (2nd to Father Came Too!)
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.Star – 13
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsCelia MiliusLarry DomasinAnn DanielThe story of a Native American girl, abandoned on a tiny island, who is protected by a wild dog.Capitol – 13–14
Civic – 20–21
Star – 29 - DirectorHarry KellerStarsTony RandallBurl IvesBarbara EdenAn architect buys an antique brass bottle that contains an ancient genie who's determined to fulfill his new master's every wish.Capitol – 13–14 (2nd to Island of the Blue Dolphins)
Civic – 20–21 (2nd to Island of the Blue Dolphins)
Star – 29 (2nd to Island of the Blue Dolphins) - DirectorWolfgang ReithermanClyde GeronimiDavid HandStarsRickie SorensenSebastian CabotKarl SwensonA poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.Civic – 13–14
Capitol – 19–21 - DirectorCharles WaltersStarsLeslie CaronMel FerrerJean-Pierre AumontAn orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.Civic – 13–14 (2nd to The Sword in the Stone)
Capitol – 19–21 (2nd to The Sword in the Stone) - DirectorSteve PrevinStarsVincent WinterSean ScullyPeter WeckSupported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of their seniors are intensified in his case because he has aroused the jealousy of Peter, the head chorister, by singing a solo which Peter had long sung himself. The fact is that Peter's voice is breaking, and with a broken voice often comes a broken heart. But, encouraged by the director and all the boys, Peter begins to develop in a new role as composer and conductor.Star – 14–16
- DirectorClyde GeronimiHamilton LuskeWolfgang ReithermanStarsRod TaylorBetty Lou GersonJ. Pat O'MalleyWhen a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the owners must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.Star – 14–15 (2nd to Born to Sing)
- DirectorGerald ThomasStarsKenneth WilliamsCharles HawtreyBernard CribbinsA new midshipman joins a frigate, encountering mutiny, pirates, mistaken identities, and shipwrecks while navigating Spanish waters with his captain, lover, and friend. Survival is uncertain in this swashbuckling adventure.Civic – 15–16
Star – 22 - DirectorRonald NeameStarsDeborah KerrHayley MillsJohn MillsAn elderly woman hires a governess with a mysterious past to look after her disturbed, spoiled teenage granddaughter, who eventually understands the meaning of self-sacrifice as an example of love and grows into a better person.Star – 16–19
Capitol – 31 - DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsSophia LorenMaximilian SchellFredric MarchA maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father who lets him think the war is still on 20 years after the fact.Civic – 17
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsDean MartinElizabeth MontgomeryMartin BalsamAn actor playing a surgeon on a popular TV series is routinely chased by female fans, including the unhappy wives of his best pals.Capitol – 20–21
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsAlex NicolJorge MistralDick BentleyWhen a gambler wins a Mexican cattle ranch at a game of poker, he plans to drive the herd across the Rio Grande to Texas, sell the cattle and leave the ranch behind. He hires on local hands, but during the drive, the discover that he plans to cheat them.Star – 20–21
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsMichel RayRodolfo Hoyos Jr.Elsa CárdenasA young boy named Leonardo adopts a bull after saving it during a storm, but their friendship is soon threatened by the legal owners of the animal who claim ownership of it and ship it off to the bullring to face a legendary bullfighter.Star – 20–21 (2nd to Gunfighters of Casa Grande)
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsGlenn FordNancy KwanRod TaylorAn airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.Capitol – 29–30
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsJock MahoneyMargia DeanPancho MagalonaThe murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.Capitol 29–30 (2nd to Fate is the Hunter)
- DirectorJohn RichStarsElvis PresleyBarbara StanwyckJoan FreemanAfter a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.Civic – 29–30
Star – 30 - DirectorArnold BelgardEdoardo CapolinoStarsMarshall ThompsonGaby AndréKris AschanCivic – 29–30 (2nd to Roustabout)