The Traveling Executioner (1970)

Directors

Jack Smight

Cast

Bud Cort, Charles Tyner, Ford Rainey, James Greene, James Sloyan, Katherine MacGregor, M. Emmet Walsh, Marianna Hill, Stacy Keach, Stefan Gierasch, Val Avery

The story

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.

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