Stolen Hours
1963 film by Daniel Petrie
- Susan Hayward
- Michael Craig
- Diane Baker
Production
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The Mirisch Corporation
Release date
- October 2, 1963 (1963-10-02) (US)
Running time
United States
Stolen Hours is a 1963 British-American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Susan Hayward as a socialite with a brain tumor who falls in love with her surgeon's colleague.[1] The film also stars Michael Craig, Edward Judd and Diane Baker.[2]
The film is a remake of the 1939 Bette Davis film Dark Victory (1939), with Hayward in Davis's role.[1] The time period was updated and the setting changed to England.[1] It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around Britain, including at Polruan in Cornwall.[3][4]
The film's American title is Summer Flight.[5]
Plot
A neurotic jet-setting socialite is diagnosed with a brain tumor and told that she has only a year left to live. She falls in love with Dr. John Carmody and struggles to turn her life around before she dies.
Cast
- Susan Hayward as Laura Pember
- Michael Craig as Dr. John Carmody
- Diane Baker as Ellen
- Edward Judd as Mike Bannerman
- Paul Rogers as Dr. Eric McKenzie
- Robert Bacon as Peter
- Paul Stassino as Dalporto
- Jerry Desmonde as Colonel
- Ellen McIntosh as Miss Kendall
- Gwen Nelson as Hospital Sister
- Peter Madden as Reynolds
- Joan Young as Mrs. Lambert
- Joan Newell as Mrs. Hewitt
- Chet Baker as Himself
References
- ^ a b c "Stolen Hours (1963) - Daniel Petrie | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ "Stolen Hours (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
- ^ "Britmovie | Home of British Films".
- ^ "Reelstreets | Stolen Hours". www.reelstreets.com.
- ^ "Stolen Hours". Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
External links
- Stolen Hours at IMDb
- Stolen Hours at the TCM Movie Database
- Stolen Hours at AllMovie
- Stolen Hours at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by Daniel Petrie
- The Bramble Bush (1960)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- The Main Attraction (1962)
- Stolen Hours (1963)
- The Idol (1966)
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
- A Howling in the Woods (1971)
- Moon of the Wolf (1973)
- The Neptune Factor (1973)
- The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)
- Buster and Billie (1974)
- Mousey (1974)
- Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
- Lifeguard (1976)
- Sybil (1976)
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
- The Betsy (1978)
- Resurrection (1980)
- Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
- Six Pack (1982)
- The Dollmaker (1984)
- The Bay Boy (1984)
- Half a Lifetime (1986)
- Square Dance (1987)
- Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
- Cocoon: The Return (1988)
- My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
- Lassie (1994)
- Kissinger and Nixon (1995)
- The Assistant (1998)
- Inherit the Wind (1999)
- Seasons of Love (1999)
- Walter and Henry (2001)
- Wild Iris (2001)
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