Apr 27, 2004
56 min
Full-HD

Strip Search (2004)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

HBO Films

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

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