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Why Would I Lie?

1980 · Larry Peerce · 105 min

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

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.

Treat WilliamsCletusLisa EichhornKayGabriel MachtJeorgeSSusan HeldfondAmyAnne Byrne HoffmanFaithValerie CurtinMrs. BokJocelyn BrandoMrs. CrumpeNicolas CosterWalterSevern DardenDr. BarbourSonny Carl DavisPaulJJane BurkettNatalieKKay CummingsEdithMMia BendixsenThelmaIlene KristenWaitressHHarriet GibsonMary Kalinsky

Cast

Treat WilliamsCletusLisa EichhornKayGabriel MachtJeorgeSSusan HeldfondAmyAnne Byrne HoffmanFaithValerie CurtinMrs. BokJocelyn BrandoMrs. CrumpeNicolas CosterWalterSevern DardenDr. BarbourSonny Carl DavisPaulJJane BurkettNatalieKKay CummingsEdithMMia BendixsenThelmaIlene KristenWaitressHHarriet GibsonMary Kalinsky

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