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Salesman
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7.2This 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.
Released: 1969-04-1790 minDir: David MayslesDocumentaryBudget: $105,000
Cast
- Paul Brennan as Himself - 'The Badger'
- Charles McDevitt as Himself - 'The Gipper'
- James Baker as Himself - 'The Rabbit'
- Raymond Martos as Himself - 'The Bull'
- Melbourne I. Feltman
- Margaret McCarron
Themes
- bible
- salesman
- traveling salesman
- woman director
- door to door salesman
- direct cinema
- observational cinema
- holy bible
- the bible
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 810484
- Image
- Salesman (1969 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1969-04-17
- title
- Salesman
- capital cost
- 105000
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1969 American films1969 documentary films1969 English-language films1969 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican documentary filmsBlack-and-white documentary filmsDocumentary films about businesspeopleDocumentary films about the BibleEnglish-language documentary filmsFilms about salespeopleFilms directed by Albert and David MayslesFilms shot in ChicagoFilms shot in FloridaFilms shot in MassachusettsPersonal sellingPOV (TV series) filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateUnited States National Film Registry filmsWorks about book publishing and bookselling