The Traveling Executioner is a 1970 American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film starring Stacey Keach, Bud Cort

Bud Cort

Bud Cort is an American film and stage actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's 1971 film Harold and Maude and the titular hero in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud...

, Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch

Stefan Gierasch is an American television and film actor.Stefan Gierasch has made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-60s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island...

 and Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill

Marianna Hill , born Mariana Schwarzkopf, in Santa Barbara, California on February 9, 1941 is an American actress mostly working in American television.She has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes...

 and directed by Jack Smight

Jack Smight

Jack Smight was an American theatre and film director.Smight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to school with future actor Peter Graves...

.

Plot

Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the South in 1918 with his own portable electric chair, going from prison to prison with his young assistant, Jimmy, charging one hundred dollars per execution. Two of Jonas' potential victims are siblings Willy and Gundred Herzallerliebst. While Jonas successfully executes Willy, he falls for Gundred, hoping to fake her execution.

The musical The Fields of Ambrosia

The Fields of Ambrosia

The Fields of Ambrosia is a musical written by Joel Higgins and Martin Silvestri. It was performed in notable theatres such as the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick in 1993 and it was directed by Gregory Hurst, choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, staged by Gregory Hurst, and set design by...

is based on the film.