Salesman (1969)

The best seller and the world.

• Documentary

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.

Rating

7.2 / 10 (105 votes)

Release date

April 17, 1969

Runtime

1h 30m

Language

English

Director

David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Status

Released