Salesman

7.2
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 1969. April 17.

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.

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Paul Brennan

Himself - 'The Badger'

Charles McDevitt

Himself - 'The Gipper'

James Baker

Himself - 'The Rabbit'

Raymond Martos

Himself - 'The Bull'

Camera

Albert Maysles

Director of Photography

Directing

David Maysles

Director

Albert Maysles

Director

Editing

Production

Albert Maysles

Producer

David Maysles

Producer

Sound