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📜 Overview: 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.
💵 Budget: USD 105,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1969-04-17
⌚ Running Time: 90 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.2

Beloved Cast

Paul Brennan original image
Himself - 'The Badger'
Paul Brennan
Charles McDevitt original image
Himself - 'The Gipper'
Charles McDevitt
James Baker original image
Himself - 'The Rabbit'
James Baker
Raymond Martos original image
Himself - 'The Bull'
Raymond Martos
Melbourne I. Feltman original image
Melbourne I. Feltman
Margaret McCarron original image
Margaret McCarron
Kennie Turner original image
Kennie Turner

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