One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)

Title: One Year in a Life of Crime

Original Title: One Year in a Life of Crime

Release Date: 1989-12-01

Status: Released

Rating: 6.8/10 (from 4 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Unknown

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.