The Traveling Executioner
1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.
1970 · 1h 35m · R
Comedy, Drama, Western
Directed by
Jack Smight
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The Traveling Executioner
Overview
Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading condemned men to accept their deaths before electrocuting them on his electric chair. After he's assigned his first woman to execute, however, Jonas' sense of purpose is shaken.
Director and cast
- Jack Smight Director
- Stacy Keach as Jonas Candide
- Bud Cort as Jimmy Croft
- Marianna Hill as Gundred Herzallerfiebst
- Graham Jarvis as Doc Prittle
- James Sloyan as Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
- M. Emmet Walsh as Warden Brodski
- John Bottoms as Lawyer
- Ford Rainey as Stanley Mae
- James Greene as Gravey Combs
- Sam Reese Cast
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