The Tingler
1959 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 10,000 VOTES · DIR. William Castle
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 873 lines
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00:00:16 I AM WILLIAM CASTLE
00:03:58 NOT IF IT'S DONE PROPERLY. AT LEAST I DON'T THINK SO.
00:06:04 HMM. THE SENSATION OF FEAR ALONE CAN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
00:09:15 WE EVEN DO BEHIND THE SCREENS AND UNDER THE SEATS.
00:13:05 I'LL COME DOWNSTAIRS IN A MINUTE.
00:15:46 AND HATES COCKTAILS AND PARTIES AND FALLS ASLEEP AT THE OPERA.
00:18:11 I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE SO TERRIFIED OR SO UNABLE TO RELEASE HER FEAR TENSIONS.
00:21:39 - FEET HURT ? - AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY DO.
00:23:55 YOU'RE A SHREWD AND EVIL WOMAN, ISABEL
00:26:20 EVER SINCE YOU'VE BEEN LUCY'S GUARDIAN
00:30:28 WHAT'S THIS ? YOU TELL ME.
00:32:42 A GREAT MANY THINGS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE HUMAN BODY.
00:35:04 - [ Laughing ] - EXACTLY. BOO.
00:38:59 EMOTIONALLY, I BEGIN TO FEEL SOMEWHAT APPREHENSIVE.
00:41:49 UNLESS--
00:45:27 ALL YOU NEED IS REST AND SLEEP.
00:52:37 DOC ! DOC, MY WIFE. I'M SORRY, I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT MY WIFE--
00:55:27 SURE, DOC, SURE. ANYTHING YOU WANT.
01:00:43 YOU ? YES.
01:02:49 DOC ?
01:07:37 [ Sighs ] WELL, I CAN ONLY HOPE SHE'LL BE HAPPIER, LUCY.
01:11:07 OLLIE, DO YOU--
01:17:04 THE TINGLER HAS BEEN PARALYZED BY YOUR SCREAMING. THERE IS NO MORE DANGER.
01:21:15 THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE FRIGHTENED IN THE DARK... DON'T SCREAM.
Cast & Characters
Vincent Price
Dr. Warren Chapin
Judith Evelyn
Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins
Darryl Hickman
David Morris
Patricia Cutts
Isabel Stevens Chapin
Pamela Lincoln
Lucy Stevens
Philip Coolidge
Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
Leon Alton
Member of Silent Movie Audience
Gertrude Astor
Member of Silent Movie Audience
Richard Barthelmess
David Kinemon
Gail Bonney
Member of Silent Movie Audience
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed873
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line01:21:15
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Castle
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000
IMDb votes10,000