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Ghastly Beyond Belief! - The Tingler
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Title: The Tingler

Release Date: 29 Jul 1959

Runtime: 1h 22m

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Director: Columbia Pictures, William Castle Productions

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, William Castle Productions

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (165 votes)

Cast

  • Dr. Warren Chapin: Vincent Price
  • Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins: Philip Coolidge
  • Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins: Judith Evelyn
  • David Morris: Darryl Hickman
  • Lucy Stevens: Pamela Lincoln
  • Isabel Stevens Chapin: Patricia Cutts
  • Prologue Host (uncredited): William Castle
  • Ryerson - Screaming Convict (uncredited): Bob Gunderson
  • Projectionist (uncredited): Dal McKennon
  • Member of Silent Movie Audience (uncredited): Leon Alton
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