Strip Search
Genres
Overview
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
56 min
Release Date
2004-04-27
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
41
Vote Average
6.2
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Linda Sykes
Glenn Close
Karen Moore
Dean Winters
Ned McGrath
Ken Leung
Liu Tsung-Yuan
Bruno Lastra
Sharif Bin Said
Shing Ka
Chinese Police
Austin Pendleton
James Perley
Tom Guiry
Gerry Sykes
Fred Koheler
Jimmy Briggs
Jim Gaffigan
Reverend Craig Peterson
Peter Jacobson
John Scanlon
Justin Bartha
George H. W. Bush
self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
self (archive footage)
Kerry Washington
Christopher Logan
FBI Agent Ransford
Ramsey Faragallah
Abdul Amin
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