Salesman (1969)
Directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin · 90 min · Documentary
18.3 TOPICAL score · #4,693 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Salesman (1969, directed by David Maysles and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin) has a TOPICAL score of 18.3 - ranked 4,693 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (104 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 11 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (104 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 11 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read3,313 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos