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Bookmark this pageThe Traveling Executioner (1970)
Director: Jack Smight
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
More a grotesque theatrical farce than a black comedy: Jonas Candide (Keach) travels the American South of 1918, hiring out his electric chair at 100 bucks a throw, but loses his omnipotence when he falls for his first lady 'victim' (Hill), and starts conniving to save her. It works best as - and is worth seeing for - an extravagant, outsize performance from Keach, a mixture of trash rhetoric, sinister dedication, and fairground showmanship. But what it desperately needs is a director capable of anchoring the fantasy in recognisable human realities.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Smight
Producer: Jack Smight
Cast: Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort, Graham Jarvis, James J Sloyan, M Emmet Walsh, John Bottoms, Ford Rainey full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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