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Salesman

Salesman

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 17, 1969

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

72%

Original Title

Salesman

Production Companies

Maysles Films

Director

David Maysles

Budget

$105,000

Description

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.