One Year in a Life of Crime

One Year in a Life of Crime

55 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 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.

One Year in a Life of Crime

55 mins | Documentary | Dec. 1, 1989

One Year in a Life of Crime
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers
Original title One Year in a Life of Crime
Directors Jon Alpert
Writers

Cast

Jon Alpert

as Self

Robert Steffey

as Self