Its flatly directed by sam wanamaker catlowsinbad and the eye of the tigerthe file of the golden goose and its at best only routinely acted. The traveling executioner 1970 official trailer stacy keach, marianna hill movie hd duration. I dont know if it is the director or the acting, but there is no energy in it. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Movies like the executioner 1970 if you like the executioner you are looking for exciting, rough and serious movies about with espionage, spy, adventure, crimes, vengeance, friendship and heroes themes of drama and thriller genre shot in uk.
March 17 the controversial film the boys in the band, directed by william friedkin and based on mart crowleys hit offbroadway play, opens in theaters. The executioner 1970 film complet en francais film complet. Stacy keach is at his best, as jonus candide, a 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 hill. George peppard, roger robinson, eugene roche the file of the golden goose 1969. With stacy keach as jonas candide and bud cort as jimmy croft simultaneously poetic and tragic. Scenes from the travelling executioner 1970 youtube. Stacy keach electrifies in this starling black comedy about an itinerant electrocutioner. December 14 john lennon and yoko ono film up your legs forever with 367 participants in new.
The traveling executioner 1970 official trailer stacy keach, marianna hill movie hd stacy keach is electrifying as jonas candide. October 24 joan crawfords final film, the lowbudget horror picture trog, opens in theaters. The traveling executioner 1970 stacy keach is electrifying as jonas candide, an excarny who in 1918 travels around the bayou with a portable electric chair. When a covert operation in vienna goes awry, british intelligence operative john shay george peppard suspects his colleague, adam booth keith michell, may be a double agent. The executioner 1970 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
The executioner movie posters from movie poster shop. This hardtofind cool little film starring stacy keach is really special. Discover how bfi network is supporting new and emerging filmmakers. I have never been to this greek island, but watching the movie the executioner 1970, dir. George peppard, roger robinson, eugene roche the legend of custer 1968. This movie was retitled from permission to kill to the executioner for its release in the u. Jonas candide keach travels the american south of 1918, hiring out his electric chair at. After hes assigned his first woman to execute, however, jonas sense of purpose is shaken. The executioner 1970 film wikipedia republished wiki 2. 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.
Severe and merciless penalties should be given to people who dare to write a screenplay that is titled the executioner and then subsequently deliver a film that is indescribably boring and almost doesnt contain any action whatsoever. Buy the executioner movie posters from movie poster shop. 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. This film is fun and full of cheesy lines, and silliness all done on purpose. Full of psychedelic style, quick zoom effects and ambivalent characters and story line. Nov 24, 2010 the executioner is a riveting story staring george peppard.
George peppard and joan collins are starring, alongside judy geeson, oskar homolka, charles gray and nigel patrick. When a covert operation in vienna goes awry, british intelligence operative john shay ge. I cant, off the top of my head, think of an earlier one. The executioner is a riveting story staring george peppard. When a covert operation in vienna goes awry, british intelligence operative john. Nov 11, 2012 the executioner is just another dreary reminder that espionage is a dull, dodgy and dirty business. Jun 27, 2017 the executioner 1970 film complet en francais a 20170627t01. The opening and finale scenes where keach delivers jonas fields of ambrosia monologues are. The musical the fields of ambrosia is based on the film. Cast includes george peppard, joan collins, judy geeson, oscar homolka, charles gray, nigel patrick. The traveling executioner 1970 directed by jack smight. He beds down with the mans wife sarah joan collins to.
The film also features character actor bud cort in an early role. The executioner is a film directed by sam wanamaker with george peppard, joan collins, judy geeson, oskar homolka, year. The executioner sam wanamaker, 1970 410 a british agent george peppard, who is good suspects his colleague of being a double agent but his superiors dont believe him. John shay george peppard is the secret agent working for britain who suspects his partner adam booth keith michell is a. Oct, 2012 the executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full length movie duration. Episode eightdon pendleton and the mens action novel series of the 1970s and 80s. Cut versions one or more versions of this work have been cut. The executioner gp 1h 47min drama, thriller 1 may 1970 finland a british intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
More a grotesque theatrical farce than a black comedy. As with most such films its the british supporting actors who shine, in this case the wonderful charles gray and nigel patrick. The executioner 1970 british board of film classification. The traveling executioner 1970, directed by jack smight. 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. The information given here refers to film material in the swedish film institutes archive.
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. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about network. He ends up falling for her, and a crime spree begins. The traveling executioner 1970, usa the traveling executioner depicts what may be the earliest example of outsourcing correctional services. The traveling executioner is a 1970 american comedydrama film directed by jack smight and starring stacy keach, bud cort, stefan gierasch and marianna hill the musical the fields of ambrosia is based on the film. Sam wanamaker and the beautifully done scene of george peppard arriving there made me want to. Overview of the executioner, 1970, directed by sam wanamaker, with george peppard, joan collins, judy geeson, at turner classic movies.
This spy film set in england has a good plot twist, but the story is so glumly executed that its hard staying with it to the end without losing interest. Patton film peau dane film pecado mortal film performance film the phantom tollbooth film pocnite revoluciju bez mene. Protagonist, ciji lik tumaci george peppard je agent britanske tajne sluzbe mi5 koji je jedva prezivio misiju u kojoj su ga u zasjedi cekali sovjetski agenti, te postaje uvjeren kako je to djelo jednog od njegovih kolega koji radi kao krtica. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Jonas candide stacy keach is a selfproclaimed charmer, an excon, a womaniser, con man and gambler and, for the. I do not own this material all credit goes to the artists. In 38 seconds hell send you on your way to the fields of ambrosia, sizzling like a piece of bacon. Slightly freakish ex conman and convict jonas candide stacy keach wears long hair, a top hat and dark coat as he presides over mississippi executions with his portable electric chair, a thronelike contraption wired to a powerful generator. The executioner is a thrillerdrama film directed by sam wanamaker, released in the usa on september 16 of 1970. Executioner jigokuken is a 1974 japanese martial arts film starring sonny chiba. Film le gendarme en balade en streaming vf gratuit complet hd. Krvnik je britanskoamericki spijunski film snimljen 1970. A great performance by keach along with other early films of his, such as the heart is a lonely hunter, fat city, judge roy bean, brewster mccloud, and the dion brothers and a fascinating study of this quirky traveling man who pushed his luck.
With lex barker, guy madison, alessandra panaro, mario petri italy 1963 in venice, during the inquisition. Regarder le gendarme en balade en streaming francais vf hd 1970 complet gratuit sur. The executioner 1970, a film by sam wanamaker theiapolis. Despite help from his girlfriend, polly judy geeson, a clerk at mi6, shay fails to convince his superiors of his theory. John shay george peppard is the secret agent working for britain who suspects his partner adam booth keith michell is a double agent. George peppard, roger robinson, eugene roche catlow 1971. The traveling executioner 1970 official trailer stacy keach. Classic film staring george peppard the executioner is a riveting story staring george peppard. Tommy lee jones eli wallach anthony perkins 1,491,166 views. The executioner 1970 after an attack on his czechoslovakia spy ring, british intelligence agent john shay george peppard realizes one of his colleagues must be a double agent. A british intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.