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{{short description|1992 film directed by Bill Duke}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Deep Cover
| image          = Deepcoverposter.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Bill Duke]]
| screenplay     = {{ubl|[[Michael Tolkin]]|[[Henry Bean]]}}
| story          = Michael Tolkin
| producer       = {{ubl|[[Pierre David (film producer)|Pierre David]]|Henry Bean}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Laurence Fishburne]]
* [[Jeff Goldblum]]
* [[Charles Martin Smith]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Bojan Bazelli]]
| editing        = [[John Carter (film editor)|John Carter]]
| music          = [[Michel Colombier]]
| studio         = [[Image Organization]]
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released       = {{film date|1992|4|15}}
| runtime        = 108 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $8 million<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/59225-DEEP-COVER | title=AFI&#124;Catalog }}</ref>
| gross          = $16.6 million
}}

'''''Deep Cover''''' is a 1992 American [[crime thriller]] film directed by [[Bill Duke]] from a screenplay by [[Henry Bean]] and [[Michael Tolkin]]. The film stars [[Larry Fishburne|Laurence Fishburne]], [[Jeff Goldblum]], and [[Charles Martin Smith]]. Its plot focuses on a [[Cincinnati]]-based police officer who goes undercover in a [[Los Angeles]] [[sting operation]] to bring down a [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] drug cartel.

''Deep Cover'' was released in the United States on April 15, 1992, by [[New Line Cinema]]. The film received positive reviews, being likened by some critics to a modern [[film noir]]. It is also notable for its [[Deep Cover (song)|theme song of the same title]], composed by [[Dr. Dre]] and released as his debut solo single, which also features then-newcomer [[Snoop Doggy Dogg]] making his studio debut.