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Deep Cover

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Deep Cover
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R,1hr 47min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1992
Director:
Bill Duke
Distributor:
New Line Home Video
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard  ...more
Synopsis: Laurence Fishburne plays no-nonsense LAPD narc Russell Stevens, Jr., who has worked all his life to expunge the memory of his dope-addict father, whom he saw die in a liquor-store robbery. DEA agent Jerry Carver (Charles Martin Smith) orders Stevens to work as an undercover operative on a major case. The cop is to pose as a dealer in order to get the goods on South American drug lord. Stevens is so convincing as a dealer, that he fast works his way up through the ranks and gains the trust of lawyer ... Full Synopsis
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Nick Sambides, Jr., AMG Review
What could have been just another crime thriller becomes a startlingly effective neo-noir, charged with a sublime racial outrage. Deep Cover's racial politics give the film a complex, world-weary subtext so crucial to a noir. They start with Laurence Fishburne's character, doomed to a life in the drug world he's quietly desperate to escape. They continue with the anti-Semitism Jeff Goldblum's David ... Full Review
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Laurence Fishburne
Russell Stevens Jr., Russell Stevens, Jr./John Hull
Jeff Goldblum
David Jason
Victoria Dillard
Betty McCutcheon
Charles Martin Smith
Jerry Carver
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