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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)
Directed by Karen Moncrieff
Thriller, TV Movie · 1h 28m
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.
Cast
Christina Ricci
Judith Light
Joshua Bowman
Anja Savcic
Nikki Duval
Lauren Cochrane
Johise Namwira
Mark Hildreth
Paul Essiembre
Crew
- Director
- Karen Moncrieff
- Writer
- Helen Childress
- Director of Photography
- Luc Montpellier
- Original Music Composer
- Mario Grigorov
- Editor
- John Gurdebeke
Details
- Release date
- 2019-01-06
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Thriller, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Lifetime