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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.

Cast

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)

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Release Date 07/29/1959
Language English
Director William Castle
Editor Chester W. Schaeffer
Cinematographer Wilfrid M. Cline
Producer William Castle
Companies Columbia Pictures, William Castle Productions
Budget $250,000

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Country	Date	Format	Certification
United States	Jul 29, 1959	Theatrical	NR
AR	Oct 28, 1959	Theatrical	—
Germany	Aug 4, 1960	Theatrical	12
DK	Nov 3, 1961	Theatrical	—
Mexico	Jan 16, 1964	Theatrical	B
TR	Oct 26, 1964	Theatrical	—
United States	Jan 1, 1996	Physical (Columbia/TriStar Home Video #07773 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟴𝟮 mínutєѕ)	NR
Germany	Aug 19, 2016	Physical	12

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