Synopsis:
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.
Directed by: | Jack Smight |
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Written by: | Garrie Bateson |
Release date: | 1970-10-01 |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Tagline: | 1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair. |
Cast:
Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide
Jonas Candide
Bud Cort
Jimmy Croft
Jimmy Croft
Marianna Hill
Gundred Herzallerliebst
Gundred Herzallerliebst
Graham Jarvis
Doc Prittle
Doc Prittle
James Sloyan
Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)
M. Emmet Walsh
Warden Brodski
Warden Brodski
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