US Release date: 8 April 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 30 December 1950
Genre: Western
Country: USA.
Running time: 91 minutes.
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright & Victor Jory
Australian Distributor: RKO
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts Esquire for two weeks from 17 November 1950 with Post Office Investigator as its support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 13-W-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 78 | 252 |
| EF PPE | 1.63 | 316 |
| Metres Travelled | 469,746 | 167 |
| Average MT | 9,786 | 277 |
| Engagements | 48 | 124 |
| Slots | 50 | 195 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 4.17% | 278 |
| Saturdays | 14 | 166 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 29.17% | 222 |
| Tuesdays | 32 | 17 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 66.67% | 36 |
| First billed | 3 | 209 |
| Second billed | 45 | 47 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 46 |
| Ratio | 95.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.47% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.17% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.22% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 68.75% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.97% |
| Independent eng | 3 |
| Ratio | 6.25% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.25% |
| Suburban eng | 12 |
| Ratio | 25.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.28% |
NOTES: For a title provided with a fortnight’s top-billing at the Esquire, Hoyts cared little for The Capture’s suburban prospects, dumping it in a splash release immediately after Christmas, mainly as a Tuesday night support for Wabash Avenue (on forty occasions)
The Capture engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Coburg | Town Hall | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Father of the Bride |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| St. Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 1 | W | 1 | Bomba the Jungle Boy |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 2 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 2 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Father of the Bride |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 2 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Father of the Bride |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 27/01/1951 | 5 | S | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 27/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 6 | T | 1 | Gun Smugglers |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 6 | T | 2 | Wabash Avenue |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 17/02/1951 | 8 | T | 2 | Father of the Bride |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 10/03/1951 | 11 | W | 2 | South Sea Sinner |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 5/05/1951 | 19 | S | 1 | Tarzan and the Slave Girl |
The 1950 Project 