The Traveling Executioner

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

5.6
19701h 35m

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

Photo of Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach

Jonas Candide

Photo of Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Jimmy Croft

Photo of Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill

Gundred Herzallerliebst

Photo of Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

Doc Prittle

Photo of James Sloyan

James Sloyan

Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)

Photo of M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Warden Brodski

Photo of Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae

Photo of James Greene

James Greene

Gravey Combs

Photo of Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Willy Herzallerliebst

Photo of Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

La Follette

Photo of Jason Wingreen

Jason Wingreen

Medlow (uncredited)

Photo of Katherine MacGregor

Katherine MacGregor

Alice Thorn (uncredited)

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