

Salesman (1969)
G 1h 30m 7.2/10 IMDb
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.
Director: David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles
Cast: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos, Melbourne I. Feltman
Content Warnings
Mental Health & Emotional
Grief / bereavement (major focus)
Other
Gaslighting / emotional manipulation
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