1970
5.9 (11 votes)
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Western
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Traveling Executioner
1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jack Smight
Screenplay: Garrie Bateson
Producer: Jack Smight
Director of Photography: Philip H. Lathrop
Top Cast
Videos
Preview Clip | The Traveling Executioner | Warner Archive
