The Traveling Executioner
Watch TrailerJonas 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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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1970 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Western |
| Director | Jack Smight |
| Runtime | 95 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.6/10 (13 votes) |
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The film constructs its darkly comic world on the uneasy performance of its protagonist, who sells death with a preacher's conviction. It explores the grotesque theater of state-sanctioned killing and the fragile lies required to sustain it.
What lingers after the final act is a surprisingly melancholic meditation on guilt, performance, and the search for grace in a graceless trade. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Jack Smight
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With a stiff drink, for a cynically humorous and morally ambiguous ride.
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