The Traveling Executioner
movie
1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.
Released October 01, 1970
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.
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
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John Bottoms
as
Lawyer
Ford Rainey
as
Stanley Mae
James Greene
as
Gravey Combs
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Sam Reese
as
Priest
Stefan Gierasch
as
Willy Herzallerliebst
Logan Ramsey
as
La Follette
Crew
Jack Smight
as
Director
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Garrie Bateson
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Screenplay
Jack Smight
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Producer
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Fred Williams
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Makeup Artist
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Neil Travis
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Editor
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Edward C. Carfagno
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Art Direction
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George W. Davis
as
Art Direction
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Robert R. Benton
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Set Decoration
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F. Keogh Gleason
as
Set Decoration
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Jan Van Uchelen
as
Hairstylist
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Jerry Jost
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Sound
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Hal Watkins
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Sound