Strip Search

Apr 27, 2004

0h 56m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

HBO Films

Strip Search Trailers

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Cast

Linda Sykes

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Karen Moore

Glenn Close

Ned McGrath

Dean Winters

Liu Tsung-Yuan

Ken Leung

Sharif Bin Said

Bruno Lastra

Chinese Police

Shing Ka

James Perley

Austin Pendleton

Gerry Sykes

Tom Guiry

Jimmy Briggs

Fred Koheler

Reverend Craig Peterson

Jim Gaffigan

John Scanlon

Peter Jacobson

Justin Bartha

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