Salesman

Salesman is a 1969 documentary about four door-to-door Bible sellers employed by the Mid-American Bible Company as they work their way through small-town America. The men, known by nicknames such as "The Badger" and "The Rabbit," compete with one another while trying to persuade housewives and older couples to buy expensive gold-covered Bibles. The film follows the group over a period of months, showing the routines of their trade and the strain of a job built on persistence and rivalry.

Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin directed the film, with David and Albert Maysles also producing it through Maysles Films. It was the first of the three features the Maysles brothers made together, followed by Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens, and it also came before Zwerin's later work with the brothers. The four salesmen, Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker and Raymond Martos, appear as themselves.

Audiences rate the film at 7.6 out of 10 on IMDb and 7.2 out of 10 on TMDB, while its critics' rating stands at 8.8 out of 10.