RATING | 7.4 / 10 |
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GENRES | Documentary |
YEAR | 1980s / 1989 |
RUNTIME | 55m |
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LANGUAGE | English |
COUNTRY | United States |
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. |