The Traveling Executioner

1h 35min

Comedy

Drama

Western

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

Stacy Keach

Jonas Candide
Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Jimmy Croft
Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill

Gundred Herzallerliebst
Graham Jarvis

Graham Jarvis

Doc Prittle
James Sloyan

James Sloyan

Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

Warden Brodski
Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Stanley Mae
James Greene

James Greene

Gravey Combs
Sam Reese

Sam Reese

Priest
Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Willy Herzallerliebst
Logan Ramsey

Logan Ramsey

La Follette
Jason Wingreen

Jason Wingreen

Medlow (uncredited)
Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson

Roscoe (uncredited)
Katherine MacGregor

Katherine MacGregor

Alice Thorn (uncredited)

Release date

1st Oct 1970

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Français