The Best Place to Be

The Best Place to Be

1979•3h 15m•6.0/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

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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Production

Ross Hunter Productions, Jacques Mapes Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Donna Reed

Donna Reed

Sheila Callahan

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Bill Reardon

Mildred Dunnock

Mildred Dunnock

Rose Price

Betty White

Betty White

Sally Cantrell

John Phillip Law

John Phillip Law

Dr. Gary Mancini

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist

Maryanne Callahan

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

Patrick Callahan

Gregory Harrison

Gregory Harrison

Rick Jawlosky

Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

Tommy Callahan

Lloyd Bochner

Lloyd Bochner

Bob Stockwood

Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Rhue

Emily Stockwood

Rick Jason

Rick Jason

Paul Bellinger

Alice Backes

Alice Backes

Kitty Rawlings

Peggy Converse

Peggy Converse

Jean Callahan

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

William Callahan

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Dottie Parker

Susan Walden

Susan Walden

Betty Callahan

Liam Sullivan

Liam Sullivan

Sean Callahan

Redmond Gleeson

Redmond Gleeson

Booth Colman

Booth Colman

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