Cast
Paul Brennan Charles McDevitt James Baker Raymond Martos Kennie Turner Melbourne I. Feltman
Credits
Produced by: 
Albert Maysles David Maysles
Plot
Four door-to-door Bible salesmen in New England and Florida work to sell expensive Bibles to poor families, and the film follows one of them, Paul, as he loses hope, in a classic of direct cinema.
Sinekatalog’s take
A classic and melancholic direct-cinema portrait of salesmen.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (6,273 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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