Why it may be worth watching
- The Alternative combines Drama and TV Movie elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Wendy Hughes, Carla Hoogeveen, Tony Bonner.
Movie
The Alternative
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.
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Cast
Wendy HughesMelanie Hilton
Carla HoogeveenLinda
Tony BonnerPeter
Alwyn KurtsDoherty
Don ReidSurgeon
Betty LucasMelanie's Mother
Ken GoodletMelanie's Father
Mary MackayMrs. Millbank
Robert BruningPhotographer (uncredited)
Anne HaddyHelen (uncredited)
Jackie ReesJune (uncredited)
Peter AdamsNoel Denning
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, TV Movie. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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