The Best Place To Be
Aired May 27 & 28, 1979
NBC Television Network

Sheila Callahan... Donna Reed
Bill Reardon... Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Rose Price... Mildred Dunnock
Sally Cantrell... Betty White
Dr. Gary Mancini... John Phillip Law
Maryanne Callahan... Stephanie Zimbalist
Patrick Callahan... Michael Shannon
Rick Jawlosky... Gregory Harrison
Tommy Callahan... Timothy Hutton
Bob Stockwood... Lloyd Bochner
Emily Stockwood... Madlyn Rhue
Paul Bellinger... Rick Jason
Kitty Rawlings... Alice Backes
Jean Callahan... Peggy Converse
William Callahan... Leon Ames
Dottie Parker... Coleen Gray
Betty Callahan... Susan Walden
Sean Callahan... Liam Sullivan
and featuring:
Redmond Gleeson, Booth Colman, Joy Claussen, Pat Corley, Richard Rourke, 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, Christopher Carson, Mike Hammett, Thomas Logan and Chris Mancini

Director... David Miller
Producers... Jacque Mapes and Ross Hunter
Teleplay... Stanford Whitmore
From the novel by Helen Van Slyke
Photography... Terry K. Meade
Editor... Richard Bracken
Music... Henry Mancini (Song "Chain of Love" written and performed by Chris Mancini)
Production Designer... Jack DeShields
Associate Producer... Marvin Miller

A lavish romantic drama in true Ross Hunter style about a young widow whose life is complicated by a hippie daughter, a rebellious teenage son and an ill-starred love affair with a younger man - and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.  This film not only marked Donna Reed's TV movie debut but also brought her back to television after a twelve-year absence.