The Traveling Executioner

"1918: The year this man traveled the South with a portable electric chair."

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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The Chair

The Chair

1988

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball

2001

Two Seconds

Two Seconds

1932

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

Ernest Goes to Jail

Ernest Goes to Jail

1990

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!

1976

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

1939

Big House Bunny

Big House Bunny

1950

Prison

Prison

1987

Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti

1971

Full Confession

Full Confession

1939

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

The Adding Machine

The Adding Machine

1969

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

1936

Murder in the Big House

Murder in the Big House

1942

And They Watched

And They Watched

2015

Just Mercy

Just Mercy

2019

Cuban Breeze

Cuban Breeze

1986

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

1901