Why Would I Lie?

Why Would I Lie? 1980

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.

  • Released: 1980-08-08
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Stars: Susan Heldfond, Ilene Kristen, Jocelyn Brando, Cynthia Hoppenfeld, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Harriet Gibson, Lisa Eichhorn, Severn Darden, Shirley Slater, Treat Williams, Sonny Carl Davis, Natalie Core, Valerie Curtin, Mia Bendixsen, Gabriel Macht, Nicolas Coster, Mitzi Hoag, Jane Burkett, Michael Shane, Kay Cummings  Show all >
    Eric Haims, Elizabeth Kerr
  • Director: Larry Peerce