One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)

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.

Released

1989-12-01

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

Runtime

55 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jon Alpert

TMDB rating

6.7/10 from 6 votes