The Traveling Executioner
The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner

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

5.919701h 35mReleased
ComedyDramaWestern

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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Director

Jack Smight

Writer

Garrie Bateson

Language

English, French

Top Cast

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Jonas Candide

Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Jimmy Croft

Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill

Gundred Herzallerliebst

Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

Doc Prittle

James Sloyan

James Sloyan

Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)

M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Warden Brodski

J

John Bottoms

Lawyer

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae

James Greene

James Greene

Gravey Combs

S

Sam Reese

Priest

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Willy Herzallerliebst

Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

La Follette

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner

Virgil

W

William Mims

Lynn

Val Avery

Val Avery

Jake

Walter Barnes

Walter Barnes

Sheriff

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