The Alternative
As sensitive as it is provocative...
1977 | 74m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Paul Eddey |
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| Writer: | Robert Bruning, Tony Morphett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 20, 1977 |
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| Director: | Paul Eddey |
| Writer: | Robert Bruning, Tony Morphett |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Gemini Productions, Reg Grundy Productions, The Australian Film Commission |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: May 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Bruning | Story |
| Tony Morphett | Writer |
| Russell Boyd | Cinematography |
| Paul Eddey | Director |
| Bob Young | Music |
| Trevor Ellis | Editor |
| Darrell Lass | Production Design |
| Terrie Vincent | Production Manager |
| Lyn McEncroe | Assistant Director |
| Cliff Curll | Sound Recordist |
| Jack Friedman | Boom Operator |
| Phil Judd | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Irvine G. McLaughlin | Grip |
| Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Peter Moss | Camera Operator |
| Paul Moyes | Lighting Technician |
| Peter Moyes | Best Boy Electric |
| Steve Newman | Clapper Loader |
| Vicki Ambrose | Assistant Editor |
| Rod Hay | Post-Production Manager |
| Therese O'Leary | Continuity |
| Nigel Morgan | Production Assistant |
| Carol Williams | Production Secretary |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Bruning | Producer |
| David Hannay | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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