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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- Released
Keywords
- new jersey
- cocaine
- domestic abuse
- shoplifting
- spouse abuse
- shoplifter
- uneducated
- newark, new jersey
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Top Cast
Jon Alpert as Self
Robert Steffey as Self
Freddie Rodriguez as Self
Top Crew
Jon Alpert · Director
John Custodio · Editor
Maryann DeLeo · Producer
Janet Storti · Producer
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