The Best Place to Be (1979)
3h 15m
Running Time
May 27, 1979Release Date
The Best Place to Be (1979)
3h 15m
Running Time
May 27, 1979Release Date
Plot.
A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
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Cast & Crew.
Donna Reed
Sheila Callahan
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Bill Reardan
Mildred Dunnock
Rose Price
John Phillip Law
Dr. Gary Mancini
Betty White
Sally Cantrell
Stephanie Zimbalist
Maryanne Callahan
David Miller
Director
Michael Shannon
Patrick Callahan
Helen Van Slyke
Writer
Gregory Harrison
Rick Jawlosky
Stanford Whitmore
Writer
Ross Hunter
Producer
Timothy Hutton
Tommy Callahan
Lloyd Bochner
Bob Stockwood
Jacques Mapes
Producer
Henry Mancini
Composer
Madlyn Rhue
Emily Stockwood
Rick Jason
Paul Bellinger
Alice Backes
Kitty Rawlings
Peggy Converse
Jean Callahan
Leon Ames
William Callahan
Coleen Gray
Dottie Parker
Susan Walden
Betty Callahan
Liam Sullivan
Sean Callahan
Mike Hammett
Tommy's Friend
Tom Logan
Dan Forsom
Richard Bracken
Editor
Jack De Shields
Production Design
Terry K. Meade
Director of Photography
Chris Mancini
Songs
Marcus K. Mukai
Michael Sloane
Jimmy Weldon
Charles Walker
Julie Dolan
Taldo Kenyon
June Whitley Taylor
Gloria Stuart
Frank Arno
Raymond O'Keefe
Details.
Wiki.
The Best Place to Be is a 1979 American TV film produced by Ross Hunter. It marked Donna Reed's return to acting after 13 years.
Hunter planned a sequel but this did not eventuate.