Under Cover

1987
R
1h 34m

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A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.

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Writer-director John Stockwell can be seen very briefly on the television that Sheffield is watching in Campus (1986), which Stockwell co-wrote. Both films are neo-noir tales set in a high school and distributed by The Cannon Group.

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Features Campus (1986)

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Gotta Have You
Written by Michael Bishop and Scott Page
Performed by The Lucas Sisters

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7/10

Oldest looking high school students ever?

Video roulette wins again as it led me to this unwatched Cannon film. 1987 was THE year for "going undercover in high school" movies with this, Plain Clothes, and Hiding Out all coming out in a six month period. Amazingly, I enjoyed all three. Actor John Stockwell (from John Carpenter's Christine) made his directorial debut on this and does a good job. Oddly, lead David Neidorf is kind of a Stockwell-lite, even sounding like him at times. I love the fact that he has a receding hairline and is going undercover as a high school student. To Stockwell's credit, he works in a line with the guy's chief mocking him and saying, "You've got a beard and are balding!" Supporting players include Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barry Corbin, David Harris, John Philbin (Chuck from Return of the Living Dead), and Mark Holton (Francis from Pee Wee's Big Adventure). Harris is excellent in his supporting role.