Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited when he got involved on the wrong side of a court case. Leuchter, a meek man whose appearance belies his grim expertise, develops what he says is a more effective electric chair. Before long he's in demand from officials who want his opinions on other kinds of execution. But when called to aid the case of an accused Holocaust denier, Leuchter's problems begin.

Fred A. Leuchter Jr.
as Self

Robert Jan van Pelt
as Self

David Irving
as Self

Caroline Leuchter
as Self (voice)

James Roth
as Self

Shelly Shapiro
as Self

Suzanne Tabasky
as Self

Ernst Zündel
as Self

David Collins
as Re-enactment cast

Daniel Polsby
as Re-enactment cast