The Traveling Executioner
1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.
1970 | 95m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Jack Smight |
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| Writer: | Garrie Bateson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1970 |
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| Director: | Jack Smight |
| Writer: | Garrie Bateson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Western |
| Keywords | electric chair, murder of a policeman |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Logan Ramsey | La Follette |
| Charles Tyner | Virgil |
| William Mims | Lynn |
| Val Avery | Jake |
| Walter Barnes | Sheriff |
| Charlie Briggs | Zak |
| Paul Gauntt | Jeremy |
| Jason Wingreen | Medlow (uncredited) |
| Pat Patterson | Roscoe (uncredited) |
| Katherine MacGregor | Alice Thorn (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Garrie Bateson | Screenplay |
| Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Neil Travis | Editor |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Jan Van Uchelen | Hairstylist |
| Jerry Jost | Sound |
| Hal Watkins | Sound |
| Norman A. Burza | Costume Supervisor |
| Jack Smight | Director |
| Philip H. Lathrop | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Smight | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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