Adventures of Nellie Bly, The (1981)

Linda Purl stars as Nellie Bly, famed 19th century female journalist, in this "Classics Illustrated" TV movie. A tireless crusader, Nellie exposes corruption amongst the rich of New York and miserable working conditions amongst the poor. In her most famous exploit, Nellie decides to emulate Jules Verne's Phineas Fogg by travelling around the world in 80 days-or less.

Linda Purl, Gene Barry, Ray Buktenica, J.D. Cannon, John Randolph, Elayne Heilveil, Milton Selzer, Fran Ryan.