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The Traveling Executioner (1970)

The Traveling Executioner (1970)

Drama Comedy Western

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

Release Date: 1970, October 1
Directors: Jack Smight
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Marianna Hill, Bud Cort, M. Emmet Walsh, Stacy Keach, Graham Jarvis, Jason Wingreen, James Greene, Val Avery, Stefan Gierasch, James Sloyan, Charles Tyner, Walter Barnes

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.

Keywords:

electric chair murder of a policeman