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The Tingler

MOVIE • 1959

The Tingler

Ghastly Beyond Belief!

A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.

TMDB ★ 3.2/5Votes: 209
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Top Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Dr. Warren Chapin

Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge

Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins

Judith Evelyn

Judith Evelyn

Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins

Darryl Hickman

Darryl Hickman

David Morris

Pamela Lincoln

Pamela Lincoln

Lucy Stevens

Patricia Cutts

Patricia Cutts

Isabel Stevens Chapin

William Castle

William Castle

Prologue Host (uncredited)

Bob Gunderson

Bob Gunderson

Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)

Dal McKennon

Dal McKennon

Projectionist (uncredited)

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Leon Alton

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Gail Bonney

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

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Pat Colby

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Release

July 29, 1959

Runtime

82 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

$250,000

Revenue

N/A