Compliance is a 2012 American drama film 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 fast-food restaurant that one of her employees committed a crime. It is based on the strip search prank call scam and more specifically inspired by the Bullitt county McDonald's case.
Plot of Compliance (2012)
Sandra (Ann Dowd), a manager of a fast-food restaurant in the ChickWich chain, receives a phone call from a prank caller referring to himself as officer Daniels (Pat Healy). Claiming to have spoken with the regional manager, he states that the police received a complaint that an employee of the restaurant had stolen money from a customer’s purse that day. Daniels explains that he is preoccupied with the search of the suspected thief’s home and that Sandra would have to detain and question the staff member about the theft. With Daniels on the phone, Sandra, failing to ask for his credentials or any evidence of his accusations, agrees to help and summons Becky (Dreama Walker), who fits the caller’s description of the perpetrator.
Becky denies committing any theft, but complies with Sandra and Daniels when she is escorted into an office in the rear of the restaurant. The caller asks a series of questions and instructs Sandra to search Becky's pockets and purse for the stolen cash. When the money is not found, Daniels then orders Sandra to conduct a strip search, claiming that the alternative would be to jail Becky whilst the larger investigation at Becky's home is being undertaken. When Becky is alone, the caller implies that her brother could also face separate charges if Becky does not comply calmly with the strip search. After she has stripped, the humiliated Becky is covered only by an apron. Daniels tells Sandra to put the clothing into a bag and take it to her car for later inspection by the police. He initially claims that clothes can sometimes have imperceptible pockets, but when Sandra is perplexed by his order, he states that the larger investigation involves possession of marijuana, and that the clothing may contain faint traces of it which would aid the case.
Cast of Compliance (2012)
Ann Dowd as Sandra
Dreama Walker as Becky
Pat Healy as officer Daniels
Bill Camp as Van
Philip Ettinger as Kevin
James McCaffrey as detective Neals
Ashlie Atkinson as Marti
Plot of Compliance (2012)
Sandra (Ann Dowd), a manager of a fast-food restaurant in the ChickWich chain, receives a phone call from a prank caller referring to himself as officer Daniels (Pat Healy). Claiming to have spoken with the regional manager, he states that the police received a complaint that an employee of the restaurant had stolen money from a customer’s purse that day. Daniels explains that he is preoccupied with the search of the suspected thief’s home and that Sandra would have to detain and question the staff member about the theft. With Daniels on the phone, Sandra, failing to ask for his credentials or any evidence of his accusations, agrees to help and summons Becky (Dreama Walker), who fits the caller’s description of the perpetrator.
Becky denies committing any theft, but complies with Sandra and Daniels when she is escorted into an office in the rear of the restaurant. The caller asks a series of questions and instructs Sandra to search Becky's pockets and purse for the stolen cash. When the money is not found, Daniels then orders Sandra to conduct a strip search, claiming that the alternative would be to jail Becky whilst the larger investigation at Becky's home is being undertaken. When Becky is alone, the caller implies that her brother could also face separate charges if Becky does not comply calmly with the strip search. After she has stripped, the humiliated Becky is covered only by an apron. Daniels tells Sandra to put the clothing into a bag and take it to her car for later inspection by the police. He initially claims that clothes can sometimes have imperceptible pockets, but when Sandra is perplexed by his order, he states that the larger investigation involves possession of marijuana, and that the clothing may contain faint traces of it which would aid the case.
Cast of Compliance (2012)
Ann Dowd as Sandra
Dreama Walker as Becky
Pat Healy as officer Daniels
Bill Camp as Van
Philip Ettinger as Kevin
James McCaffrey as detective Neals
Ashlie Atkinson as Marti
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