The Alternative (1977)

As sensitive as it is provocative...

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.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Wendy Hughes

Melanie Hilton

Carla Hoogeveen

Linda

Tony Bonner

Peter

Alwyn Kurts

Doherty

Don Reid

Surgeon

B

Betty Lucas

Melanie's Mother

Ken Goodlet

Melanie's Father

M

Mary Mackay

Mrs. Millbank

Robert Bruning

Photographer (uncredited)

Anne Haddy

Helen (uncredited)

J

Jackie Rees

June (uncredited)

P

Peter Adams

Noel Denning

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