
The Traveling Executioner
Comedy · Drama · Western
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.
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Stacy Keach
Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide
Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide


Bud Cort
Bud Cort
Jimmy Croft
Bud Cort
Jimmy Croft


Marianna Hill
Marianna Hill
Gundred Herzallerliebst
Marianna Hill
Gundred Herzallerliebst


Graham Jarvis
Graham Jarvis
Doc Prittle
Graham Jarvis
Doc Prittle


James Sloyan
James Sloyan
Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
James Sloyan
Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)


M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh
Warden Brodski
M. Emmet Walsh
Warden Brodski
John Bottoms
John Bottoms
Lawyer
John Bottoms
Lawyer


Ford Rainey
Ford Rainey
Stanley Mae
Ford Rainey
Stanley Mae


James Greene
James Greene
Gravey Combs
James Greene
Gravey Combs
Sam Reese
Sam Reese
Priest
Sam Reese
Priest
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