Film
The Traveling Executioner
1970 · 1h 35m · Comedy · Drama · Western
1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.
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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.
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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
John Bottoms
Lawyer
Ford Rainey
Stanley Mae
James Greene
Gravey Combs
Sam Reese
Priest
Stefan Gierasch
Willy Herzallerliebst
Logan Ramsey
La Follette
Charles Tyner
Virgil
William Mims
Lynn
Val Avery
Jake
Walter Barnes
Sheriff
Crew
- Jack SmightDirector · Producer
- Garrie BatesonScreenplay
- Philip H. LathropDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Neil TravisEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 1, 1970
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Western
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