Salesman

Dec 11 2021 G 1h 31m
Documentary, Drama

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.

Plot

Filmmakers (and brothers) Albert and David Maysles follow four employees of a company that makes expensive, ornate, illustrated bibles as they attempt to sell the items door-to-door to less-than-interested customers, who are mainly poor or lower-middle-class Catholics with little money to spend on pretty Bibles.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Cast

Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Maysles Films

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins total

Trailers
Salesman (1969) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
Scores
# of Votes
6,063
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
80
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