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The Traveling Executioner
The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner

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

Genres

ComedyDramaWestern

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

95 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

01 October 1970

Country

United States of America

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

John Bottoms

John Bottoms

Lawyer

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae

James Greene

James Greene

Gravey Combs

Sam Reese

Sam Reese

Priest

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Willy Herzallerliebst

Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

La Follette

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner

Virgil

William Mims

William Mims

Lynn

Val Avery

Val Avery

Jake

Walter Barnes

Walter Barnes

Sheriff

Charlie Briggs

Charlie Briggs

Zak

Paul Gauntt

Paul Gauntt

Jeremy

Jason Wingreen

Jason Wingreen

Medlow (uncredited)

Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson

Roscoe (uncredited)

Katherine MacGregor

Katherine MacGregor

Alice Thorn (uncredited)

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