One Year in a Life of Crime

One Year in a Life of Crime

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1989-12-01
Duration:55 min
Director:Jon Alpert
Actors:Jon Alpert, Robert Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez
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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.

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