A young journalist looks behind the curtain of a nearby mental hospital, only to uncover the grim and gruesome acts they bestow upon their "patients".
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Title: Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (TV Movie 2019)
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1 win & 3 nominations.
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| Christina Ricci | ... | Nellie Bly | |
| Judith Light | ... | Matron Grady | |
| Josh Bowman | ... | Dr. Josiah | |
| Anja Savcic | ... | Lottie | |
| Mark Hildreth | ... | Bats | |
| Nikki Duval | ... | Nurse Fenton | |
| Tamara Gorski | ... | Tilly | |
| Paul Essiembre | ... | Joseph Pulitzer | |
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Sharon Bajer | ... | Nurse Grupe |
| Lauren Cochrane | ... | Nurse Lila | |
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Muriel Hogue | ... | Damaris |
| Johise Namwira | ... | Johari | |
| Joyce Krenz | ... | Delilah | |
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Harry Nelken | ... | Whiskered Doctor |
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Chris Sigurdson | ... | Merchant |
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A young journalist looks behind the curtain of a nearby mental hospital, only to uncover the grim and gruesome acts they bestow upon their "patients".
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This movie is based on Nellie Bly's book, "Ten Days in A Mad-House," which was published in 1887. The book details her experiences while living undercover at Bellevue Hospital, a women's insane asylum on Blackwell's Island, New York, for ten days. The assignment to fake insanity and study a mental institution from within had been given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. She documented that the living conditions and treatment of the mental patients were dreadful. Bly wrote: "The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there, it is impossible to get out." See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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A decent movie, much more could be done with this story, one would expect to experience the anguish and despair of attempt after attempt to escape, from an agony in life, but it was too subtle and smooth how this story took, good costumes good atmosphere of time but the important thing story leaves much to be desired. perhaps another director a little more involved in psychological or horror plots would have given a better line to the story.