Why Would I Lie?

1980/08/10 • $4,500,000 • Released • English

Comedy
Drama
6.0
1h 45m

Lies, lies, lies. What a funny way to begin a love affair.

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.

Director : Larry Peerce

Casts
Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Cletus

Lisa Eichhorn

Lisa Eichhorn

Kay

Gabriel Macht

Gabriel Macht

Jeorge

Susan Heldfond

Amy

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Faith

Valerie Curtin

Valerie Curtin

Mrs. Bok

Jocelyn Brando

Jocelyn Brando

Mrs. Crumpe

Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster

Walter

Severn Darden

Severn Darden

Dr. Barbour

Sonny Carl Davis

Sonny Carl Davis

Paul

Jane Burkett

Natalie

Kay Cummings

Edith

Mia Bendixsen

Thelma

Ilene Kristen

Ilene Kristen

Waitress

Harriet Gibson

Mary Kalinsky

Cynthia Hoppenfeld

Opel McCarthy

Mitzi Hoag

Mitzi Hoag

Mrs. Hayworth

Natalie Core

Natalie Core

Mrs. Gogle

Shirley Slater

Warden

Elizabeth Kerr

Elizabeth Kerr

Customer

Michael Shane

Bartender

Eric Haims

Protest Leader

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