Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide
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Plot. Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman, [3] 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.
- Jack Smight
- Jerry Goldsmith
- October 1, 1970
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jun 23, 1972 · The Traveling Executioner: Directed by Jack Smight. With Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort, Graham Jarvis. Stacy Keach is electrifying as Jonas Candide, an ex-carny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair.
- (443)
- Comedy, Drama, Western
- Jack Smight
- 1972-06-23
Jack Smight. Garrie Bateson. 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.
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.
- 1970
- 8
- Jack Smight
- 95 min
Oct 1, 1970 · Synopsis by Michael Betzold. In this unusual black comedy, Stacy Keach plays Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman who roams the southern U.S. in 1918 with a portable electric chair. He offers his services as a freelance executioner for $100 a pop.
Sep 10, 2012 · Film. Time Out says. 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...
