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
Peter Adams
Noel Denning
Alwyn Kurts
Doherty
Carla Hoogeveen
Linda
Don Reid
Surgeon
Tony Bonner
Peter
Betty Lucas
Melanie's Mother
Paul Eddey
Director
Ken Goodlet
Melanie's Father
Tony Morphett
Writer
Mary Mackay
Mrs. Millbank
Robert Bruning
Writer
Bob Young
Composer
Anne Haddy
Helen (uncredited)
Russell Boyd
Cinematographer
Jackie Rees
June (uncredited)
Phil Judd
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Moss
Camera Operator
David Hannay
Associate Producer
Carol Williams
Production Secretary
Steve Newman
Clapper Loader
Rod Hay
Post-Production Manager
Jack Friedman
Boom Operator
Mick Morris
Gaffer
Darrell Lass
Production Design
Therese O'Leary
Continuity
Robert Bruning
Producer / Story
Cliff Curll
Sound Recordist
Terrie Vincent
Production Manager
Trevor Ellis
Editor
Lyn McEncroe
Assistant Director
Irvine G. McLaughlin
Grip
Paul Moyes
Lighting Technician
Peter Moyes
Best Boy Electric
Vicki Ambrose
Assistant Editor
Nigel Morgan
Production Assistant
Details.
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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.