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The Traveling Executioner (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.
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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Western
Written By:Garrie Bateson
In Theaters:10/1/1970
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Jack Smight
Director
Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide
Bud Cort
Jimmy Croft
Marianna Hill
Gundred Herzallerliebst
Graham Jarvis
Doc Prittle
James Sloyan
Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
M. Emmet Walsh
Warden Brodski
John Bottoms
Lawyer
Ford Rainey
Stanley Mae
James Greene
Gravey Combs
Sam Reese
Priest
Stefan Gierasch
Willy Herzallerliebst
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