The Tingler (1959)

Name: The Tingler
Director: William Castle
Released: 1959-07-29
Duration: 82 min

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Title: The Tingler

Tagline: Ghastly Beyond Belief!

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Director: William Castle

Cast: Vincent Price, Philip Coolidge, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Pamela Lincoln, Patricia Cutts, William Castle, Bob Gunderson, Dal McKennon, Leon Alton, Gertrude Astor, Richard Barthelmess, Gail Bonney, Pat Colby, George DeNormand, Amy Fields, Clarence Straight, Ernest Torrence

Status: Released

Release: 1959-07-29

Runtime: 82

Plot: 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.

William Castle Productions

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- Vincent Price
  Dr. Warren Chapin
- Philip Coolidge
  Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
- Judith Evelyn
  Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
- Darryl Hickman
  David Morris
- Pamela Lincoln
  Lucy Stevens
- Patricia Cutts
  Isabel Stevens Chapin
- William Castle
  Prologue Host (uncredited)
- Bob Gunderson
  Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited)
- Dal McKennon
  Projectionist (uncredited)
- Leon Alton
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Gertrude Astor
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Richard Barthelmess
  David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gail Bonney
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Pat Colby
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- George DeNormand
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Amy Fields
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Clarence Straight
  Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited)
- Ernest Torrence
  Luke Hatburn (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Robb White
  
  Writing
  Screenplay
- William Castle
  
  Directing
  Director
- Hazel Keats
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Makeup Artist
- Monty Westmore
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Makeup Artist
- Herb Wallerstein
  
  Directing
  Assistant Director
- John P. Livadary
  
  Sound
  Sound Supervisor
- Harry D. Mills
  
  Sound
  Sound
- Clarence Peet
  
  Art
  Property Master
- Von Dexter
  
  Sound
  Original Music Composer
- Wilfrid M. Cline
  
  Camera
  Director of Photography
- Chester W. Schaeffer
  
  Editing
  Editor
- Phillip Bennett
  
  Art
  Art Direction
- Milton Stumph
  
  Art
  Set Decoration
- The Tingler (1959) - Official Trailer
  
  Trailer
  
  Jul 30, 2018
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