The Traveling Executioner

1970 | 95 minutes | 5.9 ★ (11)

The Traveling Executioner
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    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

    01 October 1970

  • DirectingJack Smight
  • Budget

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    $0.00

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