| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Henning Schellerup |
| Executive Producer: | Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Producer: | James L. Conway |
| Starring: | Linda Purl |
| Music: | Bob Summers |
| Cinematography: | Stephen W. Gray |
| Editor: | Brent A. Schoenfeld |
| Company: | Schick Sunn Classics Taft International Pictures |
| Network: | NBC |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
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.[1]
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.
Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah.[2]