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Wikipedia article




'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 surgeons colleague. The film also stars Michael Craig, Edward Judd and Diane Baker.

The film is a remake of the 1939 Bette Davis film 'Dark Victory' (1939), with Hayward in Davis's role. The time period was updated and the setting changed to England. It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around Britain, including at Fowey in Cornwall.

The film's American title is 'Summer Flight'.

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






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