undercover cop

Carmen Emmi’s film jumps between photography styles to capture its stars in ice-cold digital and the warmth of MiniDV, perfect for a movie about an undercover cop working sting missions to catch gay men cruising for sex, who happens to fall in love with one of his Johns.

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad,” has died in L.A.

Bill Crowley, macho counterpart to undercover cop Angie Dickinson on “Police Woman” from 1974 to ’78.

“Our Gang” child actor grew up to play TV undercover cop “Baretta” and was tried and acquitted in the shooting death of his wife.

Al Pacino’s fully committed performance as an undercover cop and the story’s slippery sexual politics rattled nerves in every direction; critically and commercially, the movie barely lived up to the excitement of its controversy.