IMDb
6.3 /10
502 votes


Comedy · Drama · Western · 1970 · 1h 35min
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.
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Metro-Goldwyn-MayerPreview Clip | The Traveling Executioner | Warner Archive
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IMDb
6.3 /10
502 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
5.9 /10
14 votes
Letterboxd
6.7 /10
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Weighted average
6.3/10
