Why Would I Lie? poster

1h 45m

Why Would I Lie? (1980)

Overview

Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's advice councillor.

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Larry Peerce

Director

Cast

Treat Williams

Cletus

Lisa Eichhorn

Kay

Gabriel Macht

Jeorge

Susan Heldfond

Amy

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Faith

Valerie Curtin

Mrs. Bok

Jocelyn Brando

Mrs. Crumpe

Nicolas Coster

Walter

Severn Darden

Dr. Barbour

Sonny Carl Davis

Paul

Jane Burkett

Natalie

Kay Cummings

Edith

Treat Williams

Cletus

Lisa Eichhorn

Kay

Gabriel Macht

Jeorge

Susan Heldfond

Amy

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Faith

Valerie Curtin

Mrs. Bok

Jocelyn Brando

Mrs. Crumpe

Nicolas Coster

Walter

Severn Darden

Dr. Barbour

Sonny Carl Davis

Paul

Jane Burkett

Natalie

Kay Cummings

Edith

Extra

Release Date

August 10, 1980

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

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