Dope Thief

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4.5 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The Apple TV+ series Dope Thief is a great high-stakes crime thriller to stream now. It stars Brian Tyree Henry as a man running a risky con: Robbing small-time drug dealers by posing as a DEA agent. His luck runs out, however, when he and his buddy-in-crime (Wagner Moura) mess with the wrong house.

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0:26.0	There's a lot of high-stakes crime series out there, but dope thief stands out.
0:33.3	It stars Brian Tyree Henry as a man running a risky con, robbing small-time drug dealers by posing as a DEA agent.
0:38.6	His luck runs out, however, when he and his buddy in crime mess with the wrong house.
0:45.5	I'm Aisha Harris, and today we're talking about the Apple TV Plus series Dope Thief on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
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