Strip Search

2004•56m•6.2/10

Drama

Ratings

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6.2/10(46)

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.

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Production

HBO Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Linda Sykes

Glenn Close

Karen Moore

Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Ned McGrath

Ken Leung

Ken Leung

Liu Tsung-Yuan

Bruno Lastra

Bruno Lastra

Sharif Bin Said

Shing Ka

Shing Ka

Chinese Police

Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

James Perley

Tom Guiry

Tom Guiry

Gerry Sykes

Fred Koheler

Jimmy Briggs

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

Reverend Craig Peterson

Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

John Scanlon

Justin Bartha

Justin Bartha

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

self (archive footage)

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Christopher Logan

FBI Agent Ransford

Ramsey Faragallah

Ramsey Faragallah

Abdul Amin

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