Compliance (film)

Compliance is a 2012 American thriller, based on true events, written and directed by Craig Zobel, and starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, and Pat Healy. The plot focuses on a prank caller who pretends to be a police officer and convinces the manager of a fastfood restaurant that one of her employees committed a crime, and gets her to carry out intrusive and unlawful procedures on the employee. It is based on the strip search prank call scam that happened at a Mount Washington, Kentucky McDonalds restaurant in Bullit County. Dowds performance as Sandra was very positively received and won her the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Sandra, a manager of a fastfood restaurant in the ChickWich chain, receives a phone call from someone identifying himself as Officer Daniels he claims to be in contact with the regional manager about a customer whose purse was allegedly robbed by an employee that day. Daniels claims that he is searching the suspects residence, but will remain on the phone while Sandra detains and searches the employee until the police can arrive. Sandra identifies Becky as the possible culprit based on the callers description, and the caller confirms this is the name he was given.Becky denies the theft and, at the behest of the officer, enters the restaurant office where the front counter closedcircuit camera monitors and the camera for the office are located. Another employee is brought into the office. The caller then directs that Beckys clothing pockets and purse be searched nothing is found. Sandra is asked to stripsearch Becky, being told that the alternative would be Becky going to jail while her home was searched. While Sandra is out of the room, Daniels fishes for information about her which he can use in his directing of the investigation at the restaurant. ........

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