The Best of Families
IMDb ID: tt0334832 · Year: 1977 · Rating: 7.1 (60 votes)
Genres: Drama · Family · History
Drama set in late 19th-century America, following the lives of three families - one wealthy, one middle-class, and a family of poor Irish immigrants.
Stars
William Hurt
Milo O'Shea
Peter Burnell
Pauline Flanagan
Robert P. Fields
Sigourney Weaver
Victor Garber
Josef Sommer
Alice Drummond
William Prince
Directors
Jack Hofsiss
Glenn Jordan
Peter Levin
Seymour Robbie
Robert Stevens
Writers
Conrad Bromberg
David Epstein
Naomi Foner
Roger O. Hirson
Corinne Jacker
Ernest Kinoy
Loring Mandel
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: William Hurt | Character: James Lathrop
Actor: Milo O'Shea | Character: Actor
Actor: Peter Burnell | Character: Teddy Wheeler
Actor: Pauline Flanagan | Character: Actress
Actor: Robert P. Fields | Character: Actor
Actor: Sigourney Weaver | Character: Laura Wheeler
Actor: Victor Garber | Character: Teddy Wheeler
Actor: Josef Sommer | Character: Jacob Riis
Actor: Alice Drummond | Character: Mabel Baldwin
Actor: William Prince | Character: Robert Wheeler
Actor: John Houseman | Character: Host
Actor: Jill Eikenberry | Character: Sarah Lathrop
Actor: Lisa Pelikan | Character: Mary Margaret Rafferty
Actor: George Hearn | Character: Rev. Dupee
Actor: Guy Boyd | Character: Stephen Rafferty
Actor: Kate McGregor-Stewart | Character: Evelyn Stokes
Actor: Clarence Felder | Character: Dan Fitzpatrick
Actor: Nick Wyman | Character: Johannson
Actor: Peter Evans | Character: Wilbur Evans
Actor: Suzanne Lederer | Character: Maeve Rafferty
Actor: George Ede | Character: Frederick Baldwin
Actor: William Carden | Character: Peter Rafferty
Actor: Donald Warnock | Character: National Guard Officer
Actor: Julia MacKenzie | Character: Maureen Rafferty
Actor: Ed Meyer | Character: Raffery Child
Actor: Matt Tilden | Character: Frederick Coffin
Actor: Sean G Griffin | Character: John Patrick Rafferty
[Directors Group]
Name: Jack Hofsiss | Role: Director
Name: Glenn Jordan | Role: Director
Name: Peter Levin | Role: Director
Name: Seymour Robbie | Role: Director
Name: Robert Stevens | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Conrad Bromberg | Role: Writer
Name: David Epstein | Role: Writer
Name: Naomi Foner | Role: Writer
Name: Roger O. Hirson | Role: Writer
Name: Corinne Jacker | Role: Writer
Name: Ernest Kinoy | Role: Writer
Name: Loring Mandel | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Gareth Davies | Role: Producer
Name: Ethel Winant | Role: Producer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Ann Roth | Role: Costume Designer
[Art Department]
Name: David Jenkins | Role: Art Department
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: George Riesenberger | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Casting Department]
Name: Sylvia Fay | Role: Casting Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Becky Hubbard | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Miranda Barry | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Meryle Evans | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Kouwenhoven | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0334832/videogallery/
Release Schedule
United States: October 27, 1977
Awards
Nominee | 1978 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | George Riesenberger, The Best of Families | For episode "The Great Trolley Strike of 1895".
Box Office
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