So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

Name: So You Want to Be a Salesman
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1947-09-13
Duration: 10 min
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore, Leon Alton, Leonard Bremen, Jane Harker

1947, English. Directed by Richard L. Bare.

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.

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Runtime: 0h 10m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: English
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Released: 13 September 1947
Country: United States of America
Written by: Richard L. Bare

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Watch So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946), So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946), So You're Going to Be a Father (1947), and So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) first, plus 4 earlier titles listed on this page.

What comes after So You Want to Be a Salesman?

Next in the series: So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947), So You Want an Apartment (1948), and So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948).

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So You Want to Be a Salesman runs 10 minutes (0h 10m).

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So You Want to Be a Salesman isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 September 1947. (Checked 14 November 2026.)

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If you liked So You Want to Be a Salesman, try Clerks, The Three Stooges, Tommy Boy.

Who directed So You Want to Be a Salesman?

So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947) was directed by Richard L. Bare and stars George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore, Leon Alton.

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So You Want to Be in Pictures

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