The Alternative

1h 14m
DramaTV Movie
2

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

Wendy Hughes
Melanie Hilton
Carla Hoogeveen
Linda
Tony Bonner
Peter
Alwyn Kurts
Doherty
Don Reid
Surgeon
Betty Lucas
Melanie's Mother
Ken Goodlet
Melanie's Father
Mary Mackay
Mrs. Millbank
Robert Bruning
Photographer (uncredited)
Anne Haddy
Helen (uncredited)
Jackie Rees
June (uncredited)
Peter Adams
Noel Denning

Crew

Paul Eddey
Director
Tony Morphett
Writer
Robert Bruning
Story, Producer
Trevor Ellis
Editor
Vicki Ambrose
Assistant Editor
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Lyn McEncroe
Assistant Director
David Hannay
Associate Producer
Nigel Morgan
Production Assistant
Darrell Lass
Production Design
Peter Moss
Camera Operator
Rod Hay
Post-Production Manager
Phil Judd
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cliff Curll
Sound Recordist
Jack Friedman
Boom Operator
Paul Moyes
Lighting Technician
Bob Young
Music
Peter Moyes
Best Boy Electric
Steve Newman
Clapper Loader
Therese O'Leary
Continuity
Irvine G. McLaughlin
Grip
Mick Morris
Gaffer
Terrie Vincent
Production Manager
Carol Williams
Production Secretary