This film is fun and full of cheesy lines, and silliness all done on purpose. Oct 24, 2016 i visited there on several occasions during the 1960s, and when you passed thru its massive sally port you felt as if you had entered a medieval castle. The traveling executionernever before released in any formis presented in complete form including deleted and alternate cues in. The traveling executioner 1970 official trailer stacy keach. In the film, peppards character tries to prove the double role of his colleague to his spymasters and when he fails to do so he kills him. Order of executioner books the executioner is a series of actionadventure novels created by american author don pendleton. The executioner 1970, a film by sam wanamaker theiapolis. The executioner is a thrillerdrama film directed by sam wanamaker, released in the usa on september 16 of 1970.
Stacy keach is at his best, as jonus candide, a traveling executioner. The traveling executioner 1970 jack smight synopsis. The executioners song is a 1982 madefortelevision film adaptation of norman mailers 1979 pulitzer prizewinning novel of the same name. Its 1970 implosion was used in the film the traveling executioner.
The traveling executioner is a 1970 american comedydrama film directed by jack smight and starring stacy keach, bud cort, stefan gierasch and marianna. Stacy keach electrifies in this starling black comedy about an itinerant electrocutioner. A blackly comic oddity, the travelling executioner boasts a strong cast of character actor talent bud cort. Bud cort also excels in this too rarely seen dark jewel of a film, playing jonas bumbling assistant. The traveling executioner 1970 the traveling executioner. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices.
With stacy keach, marianna hill, bud cort, graham jarvis. View cd page at fsm site more details released by special arrangement with turner classic movies music. The traveling executioner 1970 an executioner stacy keach is seduced by a woman mariana hill marked for his portable electric chair in the 1918 deep south. Wwf, 1996 wrestlecrap the very worst of pro wrestling. George peppard and joan collins are starring, alongside judy geeson, oskar homolka, charles gray and nigel patrick.
Watch the traveling executioner full movie in hd visit. The traveling executioner 1970 cast and crew an executioner stacy keach is seduced by a woman mariana hill marked for his portable electric chair in the 1918 deep south. An undertaker marries an old executioners daughter and, although he doesnt like it, must continue the profession of his fatherinlaw after his retirement. Jonas candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the south in 1918 with his own portable electric chair, going from prison.
The film is directed by lawrence schiller from a screenplay by mailer. Taking another humans life is a deeply troubling thing. Four women take a vacation at a lakeside manor, but their getaway turns nightmarish when they are suddenly attacked by a group of men with painted faces. The executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full length movie duration. Stacy keach is electrifying as jonas candide, an excarny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair. With nino manfredi, emma penella, jose isbert, jose luis lopez vazquez. On the very first monday night raw, for instance, perennial jobbers duane gill and barry hardy donned the continue reading. Oct, 2012 the executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full length movie duration. The official page of ishan seths nyu thesis film the executioner. The executioner s song is a 1982 madefortelevision film adaptation of norman mailers 1979 pulitzer prizewinning novel of the same name.
In 38 seconds hell send you on your way to the fields of ambrosia, sizzling. The traveling executioner is a littleknown 1970 dark comedy from major hollywood studio mgm. Executions have been performed for almost as long as there has been human civilization, meaning there have been executioners for just as long. Jonas candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the south in 1918 with his own portable electric chair. He also attended classes in film composition given by miklos rozsa at the univeristy of southern california. Movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19601969 for. The musical the fields of ambrosia is based on the film. Bud cort and stacy keach in the traveling executioner 1970 bud cort in the. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. The traveling executioner 1970 letterboxd social film.
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. The movie doesnt really live up to its outlandish premise but goes into a different direction. The original garrie bateson screenplay stars stacy keach in an outstanding performance as. Read the the traveling executioner movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The traveling executioner 1970 cast and crew moviefone. After hes assigned his first woman to execute, however, jonas sense of purpose is shaken. In 1970 jerry goldsmith scored one of his most offbeat films. Wwf, 1996 executioners are a dime a dozen in wrestling.
The traveling executioner 1970 directed by jack smight. Born february 10th, 1929, jerry goldsmith studied piano with jacob gimpel and composition, theory and counterpoint with mario castelnuovotedesco. This masterpiece of black humor, beloved in spain but too little seen elsewhere, threads a scathing critique of francoera values through a macabre farce about an undertaker who marries an executioners daughter and reluctantly takes over her fathers job so the family can keep their governmentallotted apartment. The traveling executioner 1970, directed by jack smight. Truthfully, this obscure and truly bizarre film has a bit of an identity crisis tonally it is lighthearted and near romantic, but the story has dark western themes. The traveling executioner 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. More a grotesque theatrical farce than a black comedy. Warden brodski, the traveling executioner, metrogoldwynmayer, 1970 art, cold turkey, united artists, 1971 general winthrops aide, escape from the planet of the apes, twentieth centuryfox, 1971. Remake edit the newer film i will survive is based on the film, although there is a difference when a main character rapes the daughter of noble man whom he had executed and saves her from jail. The traveling executioner 1970 official trailer stacy keach, marianna hill movie hd stacy keach is electrifying as jonas candide. As caustic today as it was in 1963, this early collaboration between luis. The secret executioner albert pierrepoint was britains most prolific hangman, ending the lives of 400 men and women including ruth ellis. Get the best deals on movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19601969 when you shop the largest online selection at.
In 1966 i was stationed at gunter afb, al which was across the highway from old kilby prison. The traveling executioner soundtrack from 2002, composed by jerry goldsmith. Since time immemorial, promoters running low on talent, ideas, or both have slapped black masks on wrestlers and trotted them out to the ring for a quick loss to their babyface stars. Jun 18, 2014 if theres a knock on the last executioner its the final act, which follows chows search for forgiveness and acceptance as a monk and fatal illness. He ends up falling for her, and a crime spree begins.
An executioner and his family try to survive from the dead. Well what can i say, except we find here a stacy keatch in what my humble opinion may be, one of his greatest roles ever put by him onto screen. One of the best ideas ive seen in a short while, a concept. The main character is mack bolan, an army sniper who served in the army for 12 years. The executioner is a 1970 technicolor cold war neo noir spy thriller british film in panavision, starring george peppard as secret agent john shay who suspects his colleague adam booth, played by keith michell, is a double agent. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk typist in the music department at cbs. The traveling executioner is a 1970 american comedydrama film directed by jack smight and starring stacy keach, bud cort, stefan gierasch and marianna hill.
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