Stolen Hours

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]

Stolen Hours
Movie poster
Directed byDaniel Petrie
Screenplay byJessamyn West
Story byJoseph Hayes
Based onDark Victory
1934 play
by George Emerson Brewer, Jr.
Bertram Bloch
Produced byDenis Holt
Starring
CinematographyHarry Waxman
Edited byGeoffrey Foot
Music byMort Lindsey
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 2, 1963 (1963-10-02) (US)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

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

References
  1. "Stolen Hours (1963) - Daniel Petrie | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  2. "Stolen Hours (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017.
  3. "Britmovie | Home of British Films".
  4. "Reelstreets | Stolen Hours". www.reelstreets.com.
  5. "Stolen Hours". Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 April 2021.


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