The Best Place to Be

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.

Hunter planned a sequel but this did not eventuate.

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."

Reception
One review called it "a two part corpse".