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Released
1992 · FILM

Deep Cover

A Black LAPD detective goes deep undercover to infiltrate a powerful Colombian-linked drug cartel and take down its ruthless leader, risking his identity and life as he climbs the criminal hierarchy.

“There's a thin line between catching a criminal... and becoming one.”

Directed by
Bill Duke
Written by
Michael Tolkin, Henry Bean
Runtime
108 min
ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

Russell Stevens, a Black police officer, applies for a special anti-drug squad tasked with targeting the highest boss responsible for cocaine deliveries to Los Angeles—the nephew of the Colombian foreign minister. Working undercover, Russell moves up from the bottom of the organization until he reaches the boss.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John CarterShot by Bojan BazelliScored by Michel ColombierDesigned by Pamela B Warner

Box Office

1992 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$16.6M

Budget$8.0M
Worldwide gross$16.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Opening weekend: $3.5M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $5.6M — 34% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 901 theaters

Also known as

  • Jenseits der weißen Liniede
  • Dernière Limitefr
  • Massima coperturait

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