The Alternative (1977)
1h 14m
Running Time
April 20, 1977Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Wendy Hughes
Melanie Hilton
Carla Hoogeveen
Linda
Tony Bonner
Peter
Alwyn Kurts
Doherty
Don Reid
Surgeon
Betty Lucas
Melanie's Mother
Don Reid
Surgeon
Ken Goodlet
Melanie's Father
Mary Mackay
Mrs. Millbank
Robert Bruning
Photographer (uncredited) / Producer / Story
Anne Haddy
Helen (uncredited)
Jackie Rees
June (uncredited)
Peter Adams
Noel Denning
David Hannay
Associate Producer
Irvine G. McLaughlin
Grip
Bob Young
Music
Carol Williams
Production Secretary
Terrie Vincent
Production Manager
Phil Judd
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Trevor Ellis
Editor
Russell Boyd
Cinematography
Nigel Morgan
Production Assistant
Jack Friedman
Boom Operator
Rod Hay
Post-Production Manager
Peter Moss
Camera Operator
Peter Moyes
Best Boy Electric
Paul Eddey
Director
Darrell Lass
Production Design
Cliff Curll
Sound Recordist
Mick Morris
Gaffer
Tony Morphett
Writer
Lyn McEncroe
Assistant Director
Therese O'Leary
Continuity
Paul Moyes
Lighting Technician
Steve Newman
Clapper Loader
Vicki Ambrose
Assistant Editor
Details.
Wiki.
The Alternative is a 1978 Australian television film about an unmarried editor of a woman's magazine who finds herself pregnant. She has a relationship with another woman.