Why Would I Lie? (1980)
Lies, lies, lies. What a funny way to begin a love affair.
105 min
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.
- Release date
- August 10, 1980
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $1,175,855
Cast
- Treat Williams as Cletus
- Lisa Eichhorn as Kay
- Gabriel Macht as Jeorge
- Susan Heldfond as Amy
- Anne Byrne Hoffman as Faith
- Valerie Curtin as Mrs. Bok
- Jocelyn Brando as Mrs. Crumpe
- Nicolas Coster as Walter
- Severn Darden as Dr. Barbour
- Sonny Carl Davis as Paul
Crew
- Larry Peerce · Director
- Hollis Hodges · Writer
- Peter Stone · Writer
- Pancho Kohner · Producer
- Charles Fox · Composer
- Gerald Hirschfeld · Cinematographer
- John C. Howard · Editor