The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Western | Oct. 1, 1970

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.

The Traveling Executioner

95 mins | Drama, Comedy, Western | Oct. 1, 1970

The Traveling Executioner
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Traveling Executioner
Directors Jack Smight
Writers Garrie Bateson

Cast

Stacy Keach

as Jonas Candide

Bud Cort

as Jimmy Croft

Marianna Hill

as Gundred Herzallerliebst

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

as Priest

Stefan Gierasch

as Willy Herzallerliebst

Logan Ramsey

as La Follette

Charles Tyner

as Virgil

William Mims

as Lynn

Val Avery

as Jake

Walter Barnes

as Sheriff

Paul Gauntt

as Jeremy

Jason Wingreen

as Medlow (uncredited)

Pat Patterson

as Roscoe (uncredited)

Katherine MacGregor

as Alice Thorn (uncredited)