Released:
1970-10-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Jack Smight

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Western

• Cast:
• 
  Stacy Keach
  as
  Jonas Candide
• 
  Bud Cort
  as
  Jimmy Croft
• 
  Marianna Hill
  as
  Gundred Herzallerliebst
• 
  Graham Jarvis
  as
  Doc Prittle
• 
  James Sloyan
  as
  Piquant (as James J. Sloyan)