The Traveling Executioner (1970)

10/01/1970 (US) • 1h 35m

Comedy, Drama, Western

1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Stacy Keach

Jonas Candide

Bud Cort

Jimmy Croft

Marianna Hill

Gundred Herzallerliebst

Graham Jarvis

Doc Prittle

James Sloyan

Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)

M. Emmet Walsh

Warden Brodski

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae

James Greene

Gravey Combs


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

electric chair

murder of a policeman

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