The Stolen Hours (1963)
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Synopsis of The Stolen Hours
Stolen Hours is the overlong, overglamorized 1963 remake of the 1939 Bette Davis vehicle Dark Victory. Susan Hayward plays a rich, neurotic socialite who discovers that she only has a year to live. Acting resentfully at first--especially towards handsome doctor Michael Craig, who withheld this information from her "for her own good"--Hayward eventually adopts a philosophical attitude towards her fate. By the time she begins slipping into "that undiscovered uncountry," Hayward is practically a candidate for sainthood. A plot device not utilized in the original involves Hayward's virtual adoption of a young boy (Robert Bacon), who is neglected by his own mother. Novelist Jessamyn West and playwright Joseph Hayes did their best to "contemporize" the outdated elements of the original Dark Victory, even unto having Susan Hayward learn to dance the Twist! Stolen Hours was filmed in England, affording us lovely Technicolor glimpses of the Cornish coast. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Stolen Hours
- Susan Hayward - Laura Pember
- Diane Baker - Ellen Pember
- Paul Rogers - Dr. Eric McKenzie
- Paul Stassino - Dalporto
- Ellen McIntosh - Miss Kendall
- Peter Madden - Reynolds
- Chet Baker - Himself
- Michael Craig - Dr. John Carmody
- Edward Judd - Mike Bannerman
- Robert Bacon - Peter
- Jerry Desmonde - Colonel
- Gwen Nelson - Hospital Sister
- Joan Newell - Mrs. Hewitt
- Marianne Stone
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Writer(s):
- Joseph Hayes, Jessamyn West
- Producer(s):
- Dennis Holt
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