Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
20191h 28mNo ratings yet
- Thriller
- TV Movie
Overview
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 6, 2019
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Lifetime
- Cast
- Johise Namwira,Christina Ricci,Nikki Duval,Lauren Cochrane,Mark Hildreth,Anja Savcic,Kathleen Gallagher,Joshua Bowman,Paul Essiembre,Judith Light
- Director
- Karen Moncrieff
- Writer
- Helen Childress
- Cinematography
- Luc Montpellier
- Music
- Mario Grigorov
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt8318648