isabel2a.jpg (19023 bytes)

 

 

 

isabel1.jpg (26666 bytes)

_____________________________________________

(1981) This made-for-TV film tells the story of Isabel Cooper (Stapleton), a widowed executive secretary, who is torn between love and a career. She has totally devoted herself to the same boss (Kiley) in a paper company for over fifteen years. After her boss retires and then proposes to her, Isabel must choose between early retirement and marriage or staying on to train her boss's successor, Wynn Thomas (Coyote). Isabel battles her loyalties and ambitions to face the most difficult decision of her life.

isabel4b.jpg (13343 bytes)

__________________________

Cast

  • Jean Stapleton...................Isabel Cooper
  • Peter Coyote....................Wynn Thomas
  • Richard Kiley......................Lyman James
  • Betsy Palmer......................Isabel's friend
  • Mildred Dunnock............Isabel's mother
  • Sally Kemp....................... Miss Hamilton
  • Irene Tedrow........................ Mrs. Harper

Credits

  • Directed by...............................Guy Green
  • Written by............................Oliver Hailey
  • Cinematography..... Frank Beascoechea
  • Music...................................Glenn Paxton
  • Running time: 100 minutes
  • Premiered on CBS on December 16, 1981

_______________________________________________________________________


isabel3.jpg (27307 bytes)

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

"Isabel's Choice is propelled along nicely by Miss Stapleton and an actor with the odd name of Peter Coyote. Coyote, who looks strikingly like a young Raymond Massey, plays Isabel's new boss, Wynn Thomas, and energizes the role with all the force, decisiveness and shrewdness that one would attribute to a hustling and fast-rising young business executive. This is a scintillating performance."
  • Available on video

[ The Official Peter Coyote Web Site ]