Deep Cover
“There's a thin line between catching a criminal... and becoming one.”
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Studio
Image Organization
Language
en
Status
Released
How Deep Cover performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$16.6M
Gross Profit
$8.6M
Return
2.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Laurence Fishburne
Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
David Jason
Jeff Goldblum
David Jason
Betty McCutcheon
Victoria Dillard
Betty McCutcheon
Felix Barbosa
Gregory Sierra
Felix Barbosa
Taft
Clarence Williams III
Taft
Guzman
René Assa
Guzman
Molto
Alex Colon
Molto
Eddie
Roger Guenveur Smith
Eddie
Gopher
Sydney Lassick
Gopher
Belinda Chacon
Kamala Lopez
Belinda Chacon
Hernandez
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Hernandez
Russell Stevens Sr.
Glynn Turman
Russell Stevens Sr.
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