The Tingler

The Tingler

The Tingler

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The Tingler

"Ghastly Beyond Belief!"

1959

1h 22m

6.4(186 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Videos & Trailers

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Vincent Price

Dr. Warren Chapin

Vincent Price

Acting

Philip Coolidge

Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins

Philip Coolidge

Acting

Judith Evelyn

Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins

Judith Evelyn

Acting

Darryl Hickman

David Morris

Darryl Hickman

Acting

Pamela Lincoln

Lucy Stevens

Pamela Lincoln

Acting

Patricia Cutts

Isabel Stevens Chapin

Patricia Cutts

Directing

William Castle

Prologue Host (uncredited)

William Castle

Acting

Bob Gunderson

Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)

Bob Gunderson

Acting

Dal McKennon

Projectionist (uncredited)

Dal McKennon

Acting

Leon Alton

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

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Acting

Gertrude Astor

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Acting

Richard Barthelmess

David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Barthelmess

Acting

Gail Bonney

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Acting

Pat Colby

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

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Acting

George DeNormand

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

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Acting

Amy Fields

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Clarence Straight

Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Ernest Torrence

Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ernest Torrence

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