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.
Trailer
Crew
DirectorJack Smight
WriterGarrie Bateson
Cast
Stacy Keach
Jonas Candide
Bud Cort
Jimmy Croft
Marianna Hill
Gundred Herzallerliebst
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
Sam Reese
Priest
Stefan Gierasch
Willy Herzallerliebst
Logan Ramsey
La Follette
Charles Tyner
Virgil
William Mims
Lynn
Val Avery
Jake
Walter Barnes
Sheriff
Charlie Briggs
Zak
Paul Gauntt
Jeremy
Jason Wingreen
Medlow (uncredited)
Pat Patterson
Roscoe (uncredited)
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Keywords
electric chairmurder of a policeman
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026