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.Donna Reed to Return to TV Los Angeles Times 3 Oct 1978: e12. Hunter planned a sequel, but it was not filmed.Donna Reed: Back Where She Wants to Be Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1978: f1.
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."Donna Reed back on TV in NBC drama The Globe and Mail 8 Jan 1979: P.14.
Reception One review called it "a two part corpse".TV REVIEW: Any where Else Is 'Best Place to Be' Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 26 May 1979: c2.
References
External links
The Best Place to Be at TCMDB