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    The Alternative

    74'

    1977-04-20

    4.3

    As sensitive as it is provocative...

    Drama,TV Movie

    Overview:

    Unmarried, beautiful and talented, Melanie Hilton discovers she is pregnant. The editor of a woman's magazine, she decides to have her baby and take leave from her job. Caught between her ex-lover and a colleague who wants to marry her, Melanie must find a solution or an alternative to her problem. When she falls in love with a woman, she questions the value of the traditional value unit.

    WritingRobert BruningDirectingPaul Eddey

    Cast

    1

    Melanie Hilton

    Wendy Hughes

    1

    Linda

    Carla Hoogeveen

    2

    Peter

    Tony Bonner

    1

    Doherty

    Alwyn Kurts

    1

    Surgeon

    Don Reid

    1

    Melanie's Mother

    Betty Lucas

    1

    Melanie's Father

    Ken Goodlet

    1

    Mrs. Millbank

    Mary Mackay

    1

    Photographer (uncredited)

    Robert Bruning

    1

    Helen (uncredited)

    Anne Haddy

    1

    June (uncredited)

    Jackie Rees

    1

    Noel Denning

    Peter Adams

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Australia
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Gemini Productions
      2. Reg Grundy Productions
      3. The Australian Film Commission
    • Vote Count: 3
    • Popularity: 0.2791
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Alternative

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