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
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Directed by	Daniel Petrie
Screenplay by	Jessamyn West
Story by	Joseph Hayes
Based on	Dark Victory 1934 play by George Emerson Brewer, Jr. Bertram Bloch
Produced by	Denis Holt
Starring	Susan Hayward Michael Craig Diane Baker
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Edited by	Geoffrey Foot
Music by	Mort Lindsey
Production company	The Mirisch Corporation
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	October 2, 1963 (1963-10-02) (US)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

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