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.
One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)
Jon Alpert
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United States of America
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6.8/10
5 votes
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68/100 blend
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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~68/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Jon Alpert
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Robert Steffey
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Freddie Rodriguez
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One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)
Jon Alpert
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