One Year in a Life of Crime

One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)

December 1st, 19890h 55min

Documentary, TV Movie
68%

Overview

Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction. Focusing on a year in the lives of three professional criminals, this gritty profile—which includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts—exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America.


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