The Adventures of Nellie Bly

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| genre = Drama

| director = Henning Schellerup

| executive_producer = Charles E. Sellier Jr.

| producer = James L. Conway

| writer = Seeleg Lester
S. S. Schweitzer

| starring = Linda Purl

| music = Bob Summers

| cinematography = Stephen W. Gray

| editor = Brent A. Schoenfeld

| company = Schick Sunn Classics
Taft International Pictures

| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1981|06|11}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = United States

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The Adventures of Nellie Bly is a 1981 American made-for-television drama 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304144451/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/982/The-Adventures-of-Nellie-Bly/overview The New York Times Movie Review] retrieved December 29, 2015

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

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah.{{cite book|last1=D'Arc|first1=James V.|title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah|date=2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, Utah|isbn=9781423605874|edition=1st}}

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