The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner (1970)

October 1st, 19701h 35min

Comedy, Drama, Western
55%

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.


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