The Adventures of Nellie Bly

The Adventures of Nellie Bly
Genre Drama
Written by Seeleg Lester
S. S. Schweitzer
Directed by Henning Schellerup
Starring Linda Purl
Music by Bob Summers
Country of origin USA
Production
Executive producer(s) Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Producer(s) James L. Conway
Cinematography Stephen W. Gray
Editor(s) Brent A. Schoenfeld
Running time 96 minutes
Production company(s) Schick Sunn Classics
Taft International Pictures
Distributor NBC
Release
Original network NBC
Original release June 11, 1981

The Adventures of Nellie Bly is a 1981 made-for-television film starring Linda Purl as 19th century journalist Nellie Bly and human rights crusader. The film was directed by Henning Schellerup. It was filmed in 1979 and aired on NBC June 11, 1981. The film was also known as The Amazing Nellie Bly.[1]

Plot

It is 1889 and Nellie Bly, a young female journalist, champions causes for the downtrodden. Feisty, she is ahead of her time as an investigative journalist. She is somewhat restless as well and soon decides make a name for herself by traveling around the world inside of 80 days. This in an effort to make real Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days. Bly uses every mode of transportation then <1889> available to her.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times Movie Review retrieved December 29, 2015


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