Isabel's Choice

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Isabel's Choice
GenreDrama
Written by Oliver Hailey
Directed by Guy Green
Starring Jean Stapleton
Richard Kiley
Peter Coyote
Betsy Palmer
Music byGlenn Paxton
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersStuart Millar
Gabriel Katzka
Lynn Kuratomi (associate producer)
CinematographyFrank Beascoechea
Editor Aaron Stell
Running time96 minutes
Production companyStuart Millar-Pantheon Television
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseDecember 16, 1981 (1981-12-16)

Isabel's Choice is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Guy Green, starring Jean Stapleton, Richard Kiley, Peter Coyote and Betsy Palmer. It was broadcast on CBS as The CBS Wednesday Night Movie on December 16, 1981.

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Synopsis

Isabel Cooper (Jean Stapleton) is a widow who prides herself on her years of devotion and loyalty as secretary to Lyman James (Richard Kiley), a top executive in a large corporation. Lyman retires when a dynamic young executive, Wynn Thomas (Peter Coyote) is hired to assume the presidency Lyman thought would be his. Under Thomas' presidency, Isabel is promoted to an executive position that she had worked towards for several years. Lyman later seeks comfort in Isabel when his wife is killed suddenly in a plane crash. As Lyman and Isabel's relationship progresses, he plans to propose and assumes that she will end her career to stay home with him. Isabel is forced to choose between the executive life she worked so hard to establish and the comforts of marriage that Lyman is willing to offer. [1]

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Home media release

The film was released on VHS in 1989 by Bridgestone Multimedia Group and has long been out of print. To date, it has not been released on DVD.

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References

  1. Isabel's Choice at The New York Times , retrieved April 26, 2016.