DramaTV Movie
Watch The Alternative (1977) Official Trailer
As sensitive as it is provocative...
4.3 / 10 IMDb April 20, 1977 1h 14m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 14m
Release Date
April 20, 1977
Genre
Drama, TV Movie
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
Australia
Producers
Cast
Wendy Hughes
as Melanie Hilton
Carla Hoogeveen
as Linda
Tony Bonner
as Peter
Alwyn Kurts
as Doherty
Don Reid
as Surgeon
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Betty Lucas
as Melanie's Mother
Ken Goodlet
as Melanie's Father
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Mary Mackay
as Mrs. Millbank
Robert Bruning
as Photographer (uncredited)
Anne Haddy
as Helen (uncredited)
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Jackie Rees
as June (uncredited)
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Peter Adams
as Noel Denning
Production Companies
Gemini Productions
Reg Grundy Productions
The Australian Film Commission
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