TELLTALE

Tell-Tale

Tell-Tale is a 2009 thriller film inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Tell-Tale Heart. It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.

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Tell-tale

A tell-tale or telltale is an indicator, signal, or sign that conveys the status of a situation, mechanism, or system.

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telltale

Noun

  1. One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
  2. Tattletale; squealer.
  3. Something that serves to reveal something else.
    The telltale was the lipstick on his shirt collar.
  4. A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
  5. A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
  6. A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
  7. A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
  8. A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
  9. A bird, the tattler.

Adjective

  1. revealing something not intended to be known
    His eye was blinking, a telltale signal that he was lying.
    He blushed when he approached, a telltale sign that he was happy to see him.


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