Skip Tracer

Hi, I hold Stephen Dorff's film archive. We do not have this, and are looking for anyone who might have tapes this, that we could get a copy from.

There was a screening of Skip Tracer tonight in Vancouver (24 March 2011), at art-house cinema Pacific Cinémathèque, the first in perhaps twenty years in the city where the film was made. The screening was presented by writer and critic Michael Turner, and some of the cast and crew from 1977 were in attendance, including lead David Petersen.

I have wanted to see this movie for years and will get a chance on Monday, February 1st, 2016 at the Cinematheque in Vancouver, with director Zale Dalen attending! I'll post a review then.

'Skip Tracer' or the US title 'Deadly Business' is a very good film, I saw it on the BBC many years ago and I have tried unsuccessfully to find it either on VHS or DVD. It is a great story about a debt collector who begins to question his life and why he has become a horrible person by the terrible business he is in.

I haven't seen the film after that sole showing on British TV (see the other comments!) and never met anyone who's seen it (except my brother Fred who watched avidly with me), but the memory has stuck with me ever since.

I saw this little gem of a film on the two occasions when it was shown on British television in the late 70s/early 80s. It came out at the time when American cinema was rediscovering the blockbuster, courtesy of Spielberg and Lucas.

I was unsurprised, but disappointed to see that this film has no overall rating in the IMDB Ballot List. I have only ever seen it mentioned in one Film Guide.

Yes, James Cornish is correct, this film has appeared on British TV and like most Canadian productions was well crafted. If memory serves me well it concerns a skip tracer who is exceptionally effective at his job but after seeing the misery his actions cause develops a conscience and makes a complete u-turn.

Skip Tracer Can. 1977 Dir: Zale R DalenLow budget tale of the ambitious loan agent (tracing 'skips' who have defaulted on payment) culminating in his juggling of customers plight with personal conscience.