IMDb
7.6 /10
395 votes


Documentary · TV Movie · 1989 · 55 min
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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IMDb
7.6 /10
395 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.8 /10
5 votes
Letterboxd
7.5 /10
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Weighted average
7.3/10
Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
