The Best Place to Be

*The Best Place to Be*
The Best Place to Be
Genre	Drama
Directed by	David Miller
Starring	Donna Reed; Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Mildred Dunnock
Music by	Henry Mancini
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling; Leonard Goldberg
Producers	Ross Hunter; ; Marvin Miller (associate producer)
Cinematography	Terry K. Meade
Editor	Richard Bracken
Running time	195 min.; 240 min.
Production company
Distributor	NBC; NBC Universal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	May 27, 1979

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.^[1]

Hunter planned a sequel but this did not eventuate.^[2]

Plot[]

A widowed mother has an affair with a younger man.

Cast[]

Donna Reed as Sheila Callahan
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Bill Reardan
Mildred Dunnock as Rose Price
Betty White as Sally Cantrell
John Phillip Law as Dr Gary Mancini
Stephanie Zimbalist as Maryanne Callahan
Michael J Shannon as Patrick Callahan
Gregory Harrison as Rick Jawlosky
Timothy Hutton as Tommy Callahan
Lloyd Bochner as Bob Stockwood
Madlyn Rhue as Emily Stockwood
Rick Jason as Paul Bellinger
Alice Backes as Kitty Rawlings

Production[]

Reed said of her character, "In a way, she is a child-woman. She must learn to grow up and earn her own way. It's a long, hard battle. The children get into trouble. She takes on the wrong lover, a younger man. It's really about a woman who grows up enough to know the difference between a really good, old-fashioned man and a rogue and a playboy. She learns the lesson and finally meets a man who is right for her."^[3]

Reception[]

One review called it "a two part corpse".^[4]

References[]

^ Donna Reed to Return to TV Los Angeles Times 3 Oct 1978: e12.
^ Donna Reed: Back Where She Wants to Be Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1978: f1.
^ Donna Reed back on TV in NBC drama The Globe and Mail 8 Jan 1979: P.14.
^ TV REVIEW: Any where Else Is 'Best Place to Be' Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 26 May 1979: c2.

External links[]

The Best Place to Be at IMDb
The Best Place to Be at TCMDB

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[1] Donna Reed to Return to TV Los Angeles Times 3 Oct 1978: e12.

[2] Donna Reed: Back Where She Wants to Be Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1978: f1.

[3] Donna Reed back on TV in NBC drama The Globe and Mail 8 Jan 1979: P.14.

[4] TV REVIEW: Any where Else Is 'Best Place to Be' Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 26 May 1979: c2.

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