Movies and TvShows featuring "traveling-salesman" theme.

Ray Kroc, a struggling salesman, discovers a small walk-up stand called McDonald's. Impressed by their efficient food preparation and successful business model, Ray convinces the owners to franchise their restaurant. He faces challenges with franchising, financial troubles, and conflicts with the McDonald brothers. Through determination, Ray builds a successful empire, but at the cost of betraying his partners and losing his personal relationships.

In Big Fish, a son tries to separate fact from fiction in his dying father's life. His father, an entertaining storyteller, has always told tall tales that the son believed until he realized they were lies. When his father falls ill, the son travels to his hometown to reconnect and uncover the truth about his father's life. Through a series of flashbacks, the son learns about his father's larger-than-life adventures, including encounters with a witch, a giant, a circus, and a mermaid. Ultimately, the son learns to accept his father for who he is and cherish the stories that have defined their relationship.

Molly Louvain's life is turned upside down when she falls for a charming but dangerous man. As their relationship progresses, Molly finds herself caught up in a web of crime, love, and deceit. She must navigate the dangerous world she has become a part of while trying to protect herself and those she cares about.

Cliff, a traveling salesman drowning under the weight of providing for his family and the myth of the American dream, finds himself on a dangerous path after a chance encounter with Ricky, a colleague from a dark past.

In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales associates determined to revitalize their customers' lives by hawking timeshares on the moon.

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion. Neal Page is in New York trying to finalize a marketing image for cosmetics. He heads to the airport to catch a flight to Chicago but faces various obstacles. He meets Del Griffith, a seller of shower curtain rings, and their paths cross multiple times. They end up stranded in Wichita, Kansas due to heavy snow in Chicago. Neal grows annoyed with Del but eventually realizes he is a nice guy. They face more challenges on their journey, including stolen money and transportation issues, but ultimately make it to Chicago where Neal brings Del home for Thanksgiving Dinner, and Del is grateful to have somewhere to go.

A group of diverse individuals find themselves traveling together in a stagecoach through dangerous territory. As they face various obstacles and personal conflicts, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive.

Now a famous talk show host, Martin Mull takes his crew and cameras to Hawkins Falls, Ohio with the intent to give his erratic career a fresh start by shooting a special. While the residents are only concerned with taking advantage of his celebrity status, Mull falls for former subject and number one fan Joyce Harrison, who's still very much devoted to her husband Hal.

In 1933, Hercule Poirot receives a series of mysterious letters signed by 'A.B.C.' threatening to commit murders. As the bodies start piling up, Poirot must solve the case and unmask the killer before they strike again.

Based on the horror manga created by duo Fujiko Fujio, The Laughing Salesman tells the story of a salesman named Moguro Fukuzo, whose job is to help people fill gaps in their soul. However, in reality, he ruins people's lives if his clients backstab him or never ask him for help.

Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's customers are often left with terrible repercussions, especially if they break the rules of his deals...

In the early 1900s, a con artist named Harold Hill arrives in a small Midwestern town and poses as a music professor. He convinces the townspeople to form a marching band and buy instruments and uniforms from him, promising to teach them how to play. However, Harold has no musical background and plans to skip town as soon as he collects the money. As he spends more time in the town and gets to know its inhabitants, including a skeptical librarian named Marian Paroo, Harold begins to question his fraudulent actions and find true love.

A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend whom she grew tired of.

Elmer Gantry is a charismatic con-artist traveling salesman who becomes a successful evangelist preaching about religious revivalism. However, his true motives are revealed as he manipulates and exploits his followers for personal gain.

A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vampires, strange objects and sinister humor. The five 20-minutes tales were all taken from the Tales from the Darkside TV series and strung together as a video feature.

Pennies from Heaven is a dark and surreal TV mini-series set in 1930s London during the Great Depression. It follows the story of a traveling salesman caught in an unhappy marriage who escapes into a world of fantasy and imagination. The series explores themes of depression, love, and the struggles of the time period. It is known for its anti-musical style and touches on topics like suicide and the harsh reality of life during the Great Depression.

Jesus' Son follows a young man as he navigates his drug addiction, encounters various characters, and discovers the power of love. Set in the backdrop of Iowa, the movie explores themes of redemption, loss, and the complex human experience within a gritty and surreal narrative.

Softcore anthology film containing stories: "Mis-apprehended"; "I've Got A Crush On You"; "The Freak"; "There's This Travelling Salesman, See"; "Double Vision"; "Busty Gusty and her Twin 50's"; "Some Guys Have All The Luck"; "The Hitchhiker"; and "The Right Number".

Set in St. Louis during the 1930s, 'King of the Hill' follows a young boy named Aaron as he deals with poverty, family troubles, and his own coming-of-age journey. Despite the hardships, Aaron finds solace in his imagination and forms unlikely friendships along the way.

Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.