One Year in a Life of Crime

6.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 55 min
  • Premiere: 1989. December 1.

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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Jon Alpert

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Jon Alpert

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Maryann DeLeo

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Janet Storti

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Directing

Jon Alpert

Director

Editing

Production

Jon Alpert

Producer

Maryann DeLeo

Producer

Janet Storti

Producer