The Tingler

1959 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 10,000 VOTES · DIR. William Castle

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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

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:16 I AM WILLIAM CASTLE
00:03:58 NOT IF IT'S DONE PROPERLY. AT LEAST I DON'T THINK SO.
00:06:01 THAT MAN'S VERTEBRAE ARE CRACKED.
00:09:07 MOPPING, SWEEPING, VACUUMING THE SEATS AND THE RUNNERS.
00:12:16 - SO SHE FAINTS ? - WELL, IT ISN'T A FAINT AS WE KNOW IT.
00:15:28 YEAH.
00:17:53 I LEFT IT IN MY OTHER SUIT. NOW, PLEASE DON'T FOOL WITH THAT STUFF ALONE, WARREN.
00:20:07 [ Ticking ]
00:23:34 IS THIS THE HOUR FOR MELODRAMA ? DEPENDS ON YOUR DEFINITION.
00:25:48 YOU SHOULD COME IN HERE MORE OFTEN, DEAR.
00:29:25 IT WON'T BE AN EXPERIMENT.
00:32:12 WELL, AT LEAST SCREAMING SEEMS TO STOP THE TINGLER FROM BENDING THE SPINAL COLUMN.
00:34:27 THE ONLY WAY I CAN FRIGHTEN MYSELF IS TO MAKE IT REAL.
00:38:15 EMOTIONALLY, I FEEL NOTHING ABNORMAL.
00:40:45 THE WINDOW. IT WON'T OPEN.
00:43:49 [ Gasps ]
00:51:19 [ Telephone Ringing ]
00:54:08 AGE ? SHE'S 46.
00:59:43 OH, NO, DOC. NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
01:01:51 NOW, ABOUT THIS NEW WIFE-- OH, NO.
01:06:38 UGLY BECAUSE IT'S THE CREATION OF MAN'S FEAR, WHICH IS UGLY TOO.
01:09:22 AND THIS !
01:14:46 A YOUNG LADY HAS FAINTED.
01:18:40 OH, I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, BUT--

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed873
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:00:16
Final line01:18:40

Production Record

DirectorWilliam Castle
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000
IMDb votes10,000