One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)

• Documentary
• TV Movie

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.

Rating

6.7 / 10 (6 votes)

Release date

December 1, 1989

Runtime

55m

Language

English

Director

Jon Alpert

Status

Released