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The Alternative

4.319771h 14mMovieDramaTV 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,…

DirectorPaul Eddey
WritersRobert Bruning·Tony Morphett
ProducerRobert Bruning

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Cast · Directed by Paul Eddey

WHWendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes
Melanie Hilton
CHCarla Hoogeveen
Carla Hoogeveen
Linda
TBTony Bonner
Tony Bonner
Peter
AKAlwyn Kurts
Alwyn Kurts
Doherty
DRDon Reid
Don Reid
Surgeon
BL
Betty Lucas
Melanie's Mother
KGKen Goodlet
Ken Goodlet
Melanie's Father
MM
Mary Mackay
Mrs. Millbank
RBRobert Bruning
Robert Bruning
Photographer (uncredited)
AHAnne Haddy
Anne Haddy
Helen (uncredited)
JR
Jackie Rees
June (uncredited)
PA
Peter Adams
Noel Denning

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The Alternative — streaming FAQ

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The Alternative hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 8, 1977. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.