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Film of the Week: Skip Tracer

on BBC Two England

starring
David Peterson , John Lazarus
The ' skip tracer ' is the policeman of the business world. His job is to find the people who skip out on their bills and to manipulate them into paying up. John Collins is the best in the business. He's tough with the skips - he's heard all the sob stories and knows all the excuses. He is proud of the fact that nobody can touch his emotions. But cracks are appearing in the walls of his defences. Through these cracks he begins to see his victims as they really are - and to see himself. This remarkably assured feature film debut by Canadian Zale Dalen is a tough and uncompromising portrait of a modern anti-hero.
The rarest quality in the cinema is to be genuinely delighted by what you didn't expect And this small-budget but hugely successjul Canadian film is that kind of erent. (EVENING STANDARD) It is a fierce and relentless little film, with a chilling performance by Darid Peterson. (THE TIMES) Produced by LAARA DALEN. Written and directed by ZALE R. DALEN. Films: page 10 (First shotting on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Peterson
Unknown:
John Lazarus
Unknown:
John Collins
Unknown:
Zale Dalen
Unknown:
Darid Peterson.
Produced By:
Laara Dalen.
Directed By:
Zale R. Dalen.
John Collins:
David Peterson
Brent Solverman:
John Lazarus
Leo Gabrowski:
Rudy Szabo
Henry Belden:
Mike Grigg
George Pettigrew:
Al Rose
Sara Pettigrew:
Sue Astley
Walter Tchoryk:
Jack Leaf
Welder:
Steve Miller
Bob Sheldon:
Mark Acheson
Car salesman:
John Scott

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