Movie

The Alternative

Released: April 20, 1977 (1977)

Runtime: 74 minutes

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Alwyn Kurts as Doherty
Age at release: 61
Ken Goodlet as Melanie's Father
Age at release: 55
Betty Lucas as Melanie's Mother
Age at release: 52
Robert Bruning as Photographer (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Anne Haddy as Helen (uncredited)
Age at release: 46
Tony Bonner as Peter
Age at release: 33
Wendy Hughes as Melanie Hilton
Age at release: 24
Carla Hoogeveen as Linda
Age at release: Unknown
Don Reid as Surgeon
Age at release: Unknown
Mary Mackay as Mrs. Millbank
Age at release: Unknown

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Peter Adams as Noel Denning
Age at release: 38
Jackie Rees as June (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown