The Traveling Executioner

Name: The Traveling Executioner
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Released: 1972-06-23
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 6.40
Cast: Bud Cort, Graham Jarvis, Marianna Hill, Stacy Keach

– Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combina..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.40 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 35 Minutes

Release Year:

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.

Story Timeline:

Year 1918

Producing Country:

USA

Genre:

Western, Comedy, Drama

Release Date:

23 Jun 1972

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Directed by:

Jack Smight

Story Written By:

Garrie Bateson

Main Actors:

Bud Cort, Graham Jarvis, Marianna Hill, Stacy Keach

Plot:

Stacy Keach is electrifying as Jonas Candide, an ex-Carny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair. At $100 a head, he renders his services with loving care. But then he falls for a female "client".

Production Company:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.3/10