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As sensitive as it is provocative...

2.0

1h 14m

1977

“As sensitive as it is provocative...”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Paul Eddey

DramaTV Movie

Cast & Crew

Wendy Hughes

Wendy Hughes

as Melanie Hilton

Carla Hoogeveen

Carla Hoogeveen

as Linda

Tony Bonner

Tony Bonner

as Peter

Alwyn Kurts

Alwyn Kurts

as Doherty

Don Reid

Don Reid

as Surgeon

Betty Lucas

as Melanie's Mother

Ken Goodlet

Ken Goodlet

as Melanie's Father

Mary Mackay

as Mrs. Millbank

Robert Bruning

Robert Bruning

as Photographer (uncredited)

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