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Strip Search

2004

0h 56m

6.2(51 votes)

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: Tom Fontana
Produced by: Irene Burns
Mark A. Baker

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