The Alternative

The Alternative

74 mins | Drama, TV Movie | April 20, 1977

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.

The Alternative

74 mins | Drama, TV Movie | April 20, 1977

The Alternative
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.
Producers Gemini Productions, Reg Grundy Productions Pty. Ltd., The Australian Film Commission
Original title The Alternative
Directors Lyn McEncroe, Therese O'Leary, Paul Eddey
Writers Robert Bruning, Tony Morphett

Cast

Wendy Hughes

as Melanie Hilton

Carla Hoogeveen

as Linda

Tony Bonner

as Peter

Alwyn Kurts

as Doherty

Don Reid

as Surgeon

Betty Lucas

as Melanie's Mother

Ken Goodlet

as Melanie's Father

Mary Mackay

as Mrs. Millbank

Robert Bruning

as Photographer (uncredited)

Anne Haddy

as Helen (uncredited)

Jackie Rees

as June (uncredited)

Peter Adams

as Noel Denning