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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 6, 2019

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Thriller

User Score

75%

Original Title

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

Production Companies

Lifetime

Director

Karen Moncrieff

Description

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.