The Best Place to Be 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. Details Casts Posters Title The Best Place to Be Release Date 1979-05-27 Runtime 03 Hours 15 Minutes Genres Drama TV Movie Production Companies Ross Hunter Productions, Jacques Mapes Productions Production Countries United States of America Donna Reed... Sheila Callahan... Efrem Zimbalist Jr.... Bill Reardon... Mildred Dunnock... Rose Price... Betty White... Sally Cantrell... John Phillip Law... Dr. Gary Mancini... Stephanie Zimbalist... Maryanne Callahan... Michael Shannon... Patrick Callahan... Gregory Harrison... Rick Jawlosky... Timothy Hutton... Tommy Callahan... Lloyd Bochner... Bob Stockwood... 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... Redmond Gleeson... ... Booth Colman... ... Joy Claussen... ... Pat Corley... ... Richard Rorke... ... Jon Montoya... ... Marguerite DeLain... ... Eduardo Noriega... ... Angelina Estrada... ... Marcus K. Mukai... ... Johnny Haymer... ... Jack Grapes... ... Raymond O'Keefe... ... Frank Arno... ... Gloria Stuart... ... June Whitley Taylor... ... Taldo Kenyon... ... Harriet E. MacGibbon... ... Julie Dolan... ... Steve Eastin... ... Charles Walker... ... Jimmy Weldon... ... Michael Sloane... ... Mike Hammett... Tommy's Friend... Tom Logan... Dan Forsom... Chris Mancini... ... Original Size (667x1000)