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Why Would I Lie? (1980)

Why Would I Lie?

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PG

1h 45m

Comedy, Drama

August 8th, 1980

6.1/10

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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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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
Full cast & crew

Directors

Larry Peerce
Full cast & crew

Producers

Sheldon Abend
associate producer
(as Shelly Abend)
Rich Irvine
executive producer
Pancho Kohner
producer (produced by)
Full cast & crew

Writers

Hollis Hodges
(based on the novel "The Fabricator" by)
Peter Stone
screenplay by
Full cast & crew

Taglines

This Picture is Romantic, Outrageous, and Completely Contagious!
Why would we pull the wool over your eyes?
Lies, Lies, Lies. What a funny way to begin a love affair.

Keywords

title spoken by character
mother son relationship
based on novel
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

September 9th, 1981 (Colombia)
August 28th, 1981 (Denmark)
November 20th, 1981 (Portugal)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Why Would I Lie? (original title)
Why Would I Lie? (Australia)
¿Por qué mentir? (Colombia)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Spokane, Washington, USA

Running Times

105 min

Sound Mixes

Stereo

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (India)
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (Norway)
Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (Portugal)
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