The Traveling Executioner

Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 35m

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Western

Release Date

01 Oct 1970

Country

United States of America

Language

English, French

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