The Traveling Executioner (1970)
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.
Director:
Jack Smight
Writer:
Garrie Bateson
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Stacy Keach as Jonas Candide |
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Bud Cort as Jimmy Croft |
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Marianna Hill as Gundred Herzallerliebst |
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Graham Jarvis as Doc Prittle |
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James Sloyan as Piquant (as James J. Sloyan) |
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M. Emmet Walsh as Warden Brodski |
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John Bottoms as Lawyer |
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Ford Rainey as Stanley Mae |
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James Greene as Gravey Combs |
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Sam Reese as Priest |
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Stefan Gierasch as Willy Herzallerliebst |
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Logan Ramsey as La Follette |
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Charles Tyner as Virgil |
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William Mims as Lynn |
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Val Avery as Jake |
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Walter Barnes as Sheriff |
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Charlie Briggs as Zak |
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Paul Gauntt as Jeremy |
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Jason Wingreen as Medlow (uncredited) |
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Pat Patterson as Roscoe (uncredited) |
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Katherine MacGregor as Alice Thorn (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jack Smight | Director |
| Writing | Garrie Bateson | Screenplay |
| Production | Jack Smight | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Neil Travis | Editor |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Art | George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Art | Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Van Uchelen | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Jerry Jost | Sound |
| Sound | Hal Watkins | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norman A. Burza | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Conductor |
| Camera | Philip H. Lathrop | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |