Movie

Salesman (1969)

• G
• April 17, 1969
• 1h 30m

• Documentary

“The best seller and the world.”

Overview

This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company: Paul "The Badger" Brennan, Charles "The Gipper" McDevitt, James "The Rabbit" Baker and Raymond "The Bull" Martos. Times are tough for this hard-living quartet, who spend their days traveling through small-town America, trying their best to peddle gold-leaf Bibles to an apathetic crowd of lower-middle-class housewives and elderly couples.

Directors

David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Starring

Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker