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Why Would I Lie?

1980·Directed by Larry Peerce

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Released
August 10, 1980
Runtime
1h 45m

About Why Would I Lie?

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Synopsis

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.

Director
  • Larry Peerce
Writer
  • Peter Stone

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Treat WilliamsCletus
  • Lisa EichhornKay
  • Gabriel MachtJeorge
  • SHSusan HeldfondAmy
  • Anne Byrne HoffmanFaith
  • Valerie CurtinMrs. Bok
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