One Year in a Life of Crime

Name: One Year in a Life of Crime
Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Released: 1989-12-01
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jon Alpert, Robert Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez

6.8 (5)1989-12-0155m

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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.