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''The Traveling Executioner'' is a 1970 American
comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed by
Jack Smight John Ronald Smight (March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. His film credits include '' Harper'' (1966), '' No Way to Treat a Lady'' (1968), '' Airport 1975'' (1974), '' Midway'' (1976), and '' Fast Brea ...
and starring
Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fiction ...
,
Bud Cort Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's film ''Harold and Maude'' (1971) and the eponymous hero in Robert Altman's film '' Brewster McCloud'' (19 ...
, Stefan Gierasch and Marianna Hill. The musical '' The Fields of Ambrosia'' is based on the film.


Plot

Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman,Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #227 The Traveling Executioner (1970) — Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
/ref> 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. He does, but then things turn dark for him.


Cast

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Stacy Keach Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fiction ...
as Jonas Candide * Marianna Hill as Gundred Herzallerliebst *
Bud Cort Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's film ''Harold and Maude'' (1971) and the eponymous hero in Robert Altman's film '' Brewster McCloud'' (19 ...
as Jimmy *
Graham Jarvis Graham Powley Jarvis (August 25, 1930 – April 16, 2003) was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Early years Jarvis was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Margaret Biddulph (Scratche ...
as Doc Prittle *
James Sloyan James Joseph Sloyan (born February 24, 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor. Early years Sloyan left the United States at an early age to live abroad in Rome, Capri, Milan, Switzerland, and Ireland. His career in show business ...
as Piquant * M. Emmet Walsh as Warden Brodski * John Bottoms as Lawyer *
Ford Rainey Ford Rainey (August 8, 1908 – July 25, 2005) was an American film, stage, and television actor.Myrna Oliver"Ford Rainey, 96; Performed Shakespeare, Shepard and Variety of Film, TV Roles" ''Los Angeles Times'', July 26, 2005. Early life Rainey ...
as Stanley Mae * James Greene as Gravey Combs * Sam Reese as Priest * Stefan Gierasch as Willy Herzallerliebst *
Logan Ramsey Logan Carlisle Ramsey Jr. (March 21, 1921 – June 26, 2000) was an American character actor of television and film for nearly 50 years. Early life Ramsey was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Harriet Lillian (née Kilmartin) and Capta ...
as La Follette *
Charles Tyner Charles Tyner (June 8, 1923 – November 8, 2017) was an American film, television and stage character actor best known, principally, for his performances in the films ''Harold and Maude'' (1971), ''Emperor of the North Pole'' (1973), '' The Longe ...
as Virgil *
William Mims William Mims (January 15, 1927 – April 9, 1991) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films such as ''The Day Mars Invaded Earth'', '' The Ballad of Cable Hogue'', and '' Hot Rods to Hell''. He also appeared in classic television ser ...
as Lynn *
Val Avery Val may refer to: Val-a Film * ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo Military equipment * Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies * AS Val, a S ...
as Jake * Walt Barnes as Sheriff * Charlie Briggs as Zak * Paul Gauntt as Jeremy * Claire Brennen as Woman Passerby (uncredited) * Martine Fraser as 2nd Child (uncredited) * Tony Fraser as 1st Child (uncredited) * Katherine MacGregor as Alice Thorn (uncredited) * Pat Patterson as Roscoe (uncredited) * Lorna Thayer as Madam (uncredited)


See also

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List of American films of 1970 This is a list of American films released in 1970. '' Patton'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was ''Airport''. __TOC__ A–B C–F G–I J–M N–S T–Z See also * 1970 i ...
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New Hollywood The New Hollywood, also known as American New Wave or Hollywood Renaissance, was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence. They influenced the types o ...


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Traveling Executioner 1970 films Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith 1970 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Jack Smight 1970 comedy films 1970 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films Films set in 1918 Films set in the 1910s