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The Traveling Executioner (1970)
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1918. The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair.Plot Keywords:
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Shows the humanity that can be brought to any profession moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Stacy Keach | ... | Jonas Candide |
| Marianna Hill | ... | Gundred Herzallerliebst |
 | Bud Cort | ... | Jimmy Croft |
| Graham Jarvis | ... | Doc Prittle |
| James Sloyan | ... | Piquant (as James J. Sloyan) |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Warden Brodski |
| John Bottoms | ... | Lawyer |
| Ford Rainey | ... | Stanley Mae |
| James Greene | ... | Gravey Combs |
| Sammy Reese | ... | Priest |
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Willy Herzallerliebst |
| Logan Ramsey | ... | La Follette |
| Charles Tyner | ... | Virgil |
| William Mims | ... | Lyon |
 | Val Avery | ... | Jake |
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This was filmed at Alabama's then recently closed Kilby Prison off of Coliseum Blvd. in Montgomery. As part of an agreement with the state for filming rights, filmmakers were supposed to have demolished the prison's massive walls with pyrotechnics during/after the film. However, the walls were so thick, three charges failed to do the job, and their remnants stayed around for years afterwards. moreFAQ
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This movie made a huge impact when I saw it in the theater. I was a tough (or so I thought) eighteen year old young man here in Vancouver when I saw it in 1970. I think that it might have played for a week.
I loved the humanity and charm that Stacy Keach brought to the executioner's role. I remember the loving way that he would sooth the fears of the condemned as they faced the terrors to come. It was a job that had to be done, and if he was the one to do it, he demanded craftsmanship and style.
The ending caught a deep nerve and I cried as I left and walked home. (It remains the only film that I can say that about). It is amazing how a film that is almost unknown has remained so brilliant in my mind.
I suspect that I might give it a higher rating if I ever saw it again.