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It may exist for only a fraction of a second, but during that fraction there's something inside every frightened person that's as solid as steel. And probably stronger.

12 seconds sound clip from the The Tingler (1959) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Please! We're going to dinner!

- I'm sorry. All right, you kids get out of here.

- We'll go, if you stay out of the lab tonight.

- That's a deal.

- The further we go, the surer I am that what we're looking for is something tangible. Real.

- Anything that can exert such tremendous pressure on the spinal column must be something you can see, touch, hold in your hand.

- It may exist for only a fraction of a second, but during that fraction there's something inside every frightened person that's as solid as steel. And probably stronger.

- By the way, I think I've found a name for it. The Tingler. You like it?

- Why not? Since we don't know what it is yet, we can't give it a Latin name.

- Tingler. It must cover almost the entire backbone.

- The only way we'll ever isolate it is to catch someone at the instant of complete terror. Not before, not after.

- David. You'll be too weak. From starvation.

[...]

The Tingler (1959) Sound Clip

The Tingler (1959) poster

Memorable quotes with sound bites and sfx from The Tingler (1959).

Actors: Vincent Price (Dr. Warren Chapin), Patricia Cutts (Isabel Stevens Chapin), Darryl Hickman (Dave Morris)

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