Strip Search
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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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Edited by Tom SwartwoutShot by Ron FortunatoScored by Paul ChiharaDesigned by Christopher Nowak
Also known as
- Das Verhörde
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Cast & Crew
31 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Austin Pendleton
as James Perley
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Linda Sykes
Tom Guiry
as Gerry Sykes
Glenn Close
as Karen Moore
Fred Koheler
as Jimmy Briggs
Dean Winters
as Ned McGrath
Zack Manzella
as High School Boy
Ken Leung
as Liu Tsung-Yuan
Daniel May Wong
as Arresting Officer
Bruno Lastra
as Sharif Bin Said
Shing Ka
as Chinese Police
Jim Gaffigan
as Reverend Craig Peterson
Supporting cast
10Peter Jacobson
as John Scanlon
Justin Bartha
George H W Bush
as self (archive footage)
George W Bush
as self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
as self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as self (archive footage)
Harry S Truman
as self (archive footage)
Kerry Washington
Christopher Logan
as FBI Agent Ransford
Ramsey Faragallah
as Abdul Amin
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1Producers
2Other crew
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