filmography.org



The Tingler
Ghastly Beyond Belief!
( Horror / Sci-Fi )


The Tingler Poster



US Runtime: 82 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 29, 1959   [USA]
 
Director: William Castle   [Director]
 
Writer: Robb White   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: William Castle   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Wilfrid M. Cline   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Chester W. Schaeffer   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Von Dexter   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Companys: Columbia Pictures   (US)
William Castle Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.

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
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


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)
 
 

Sound Crew:


John P. Livadary
Sound Supervisor
 
Harry D. Mills
Sound
 
 

Art Department:


Phillip Bennett
Art Direction
Clarence Peet
Property Master
 
Milton Stumph
Set Decoration
 

Directing Crew:


Herb Wallerstein
Assistant Director
 
 

back to the Film Archives

Questions, Comments?   Please Contact ASH
Movie Database Last Updated: Mar 27, 2017
You are visitor since 04 Oct 2017

page design & content copyright © 2025 Andrew S. Harris

Dolby and the the double-d symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
THX is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd.

return to britannia.org