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Why Would I Lie?

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.

1h 45m1980PGTMDb 7.5

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Info

Status
Released
Released
10 August 1980
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
7.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Production

Director
Larry Peerce
Writers
Peter Stone
Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$4.5M
Revenue
$1.2M
Profit
$3.3M loss
Return
0.3×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English