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Why Would I Lie?

1980·1h 45m·PG·Comedy·Drama
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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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DirectorLarry Peerce
WriterPeter Stone
Release dateAugust 10, 1980
Runtime1h 45m
Budget$5M
Box office$1M
LanguageEnglish

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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...

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Why Would I Lie? was directed by Larry Peerce and released in 1980. It stars Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn and Gabriel Macht.

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