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One Year in a Life of Crime

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One Year in a Life of Crime

6.8

0h 55m

1989

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jon Alpert

DocumentaryTV Movie

new jerseycocainedomestic abuseshopliftingspouse abuseshoplifteruneducatednewark, new jersey

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Jon Alpert

Jon Alpert

as Self

Robert Steffey

as Self

Freddie Rodriguez

as Self

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