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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
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You can watch Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019) for free on Kanopy.
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.
Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story is a film that explores themes of asylum, lunatic asylum, based on true story. It also touches on murder and memory loss and torture.
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Karen Moncrieff
Cast
Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Joshua Bowman, Anja Savcic, Nikki Duval, Lauren Cochrane, Johise Namwira, Kathleen Gallagher, Mark Hildreth, Paul Essiembre
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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
You can watch Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019) for free on Kanopy.
Director
Karen Moncrieff
Cast
Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Joshua Bowman, Anja Savcic, Nikki Duval, Lauren Cochrane, Johise Namwira, Kathleen Gallagher, Mark Hildreth, Paul Essiembre
8 options ranked by value · 🇺🇸 United States
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