Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

Moncrieff, Karen, (film director.). Savcic, Anja, (actor.). Ricci, Christina, (actor.). Bowman, Josh, (actor.). Light, Judith, (actor.). Lifetime (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: On a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women's Lunatic Asylum, investigative reporter Nellie Bly feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: Lifetime, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Anja Savcic, Christina Ricci, Josh Bowman, Judith Light
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Lifetime in 2019.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.