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The Traveling Executioner
The Traveling Executioner is a 1970 American comedy-drama western film directed by Jack Smight and starring Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Stefan Gierasch and Marianna Hill.
Plot
Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the South, in 1918, with his own portable electric chair, going from prison to prison with his young assistant, Jimmy, charging one hundred dollars per execution. Two of Jonas' potential victims are siblings Willy and Gundred Herzallerliebst. While Jonas successfully executes Willy, he falls for Gundred, hoping to fake her execution. He does, but then things turn dark for him.
More details
| author | Garrie Bateson |
|---|---|
| director | Jack Smight |
| editor | Neil Travis |
| genre | comedy-drama western |
| keywords | electric chair sibling |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| producer | Jack Smight |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |