Salesman (1969)
The best seller and the world.
91 min
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.
- Release date
- April 17, 1969
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $105,000
Trailer
Cast
- Paul Brennan as Self - 'The Badger'
- Charles McDevitt as Self - 'The Gipper'
- James Baker as Self - 'The Rabbit'
- Raymond Martos as Self - 'The Bull'
- Kennie Turner as Self - Supervisor
- Melbourne I. Feltman as Self - Designer and Theological Consultant 'The World's Greatest Salesman of the World's Best Seller'
- Margaret McCarron
Crew
- Albert Maysles · Director
- David Maysles · Director
- Charlotte Zwerin · Director
- Albert Maysles · Producer
- David Maysles · Producer
- Albert Maysles · Cinematographer
- David Maysles · Editor
- Charlotte Zwerin · Editor