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Why Would I Lie?

1980-08-10 | Comedy / Drama
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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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The revenue of Why Would I Lie? was 1,175,855 USD.
The genre of Why Would I Lie? is Comedy,Drama.
The casts of Why Would I Lie? are Treat Williams starring as Cletus, Lisa Eichhorn starring as Kay, Gabriel Macht starring as Jeorge, Susan Heldfond starring as Amy, Anne Byrne Hoffman starring as Faith, Valerie Curtin starring as Mrs. Bok.
The release date of Why Would I Lie? is August 10, 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..
The runtime of Why Would I Lie? is 105 minutes.
The production budget of Why Would I Lie? was 4,500,000 USD.
The full version of Why Would I Lie? is provided by DIRECTV , TCM
The director of Why Would I Lie? is Larry Peerce.
The certification of Why Would I Lie? is PG.
On October 04, 2024, there were 3010 public reaction to Why Would I Lie? including scammer, compulsive liar, like Knives Out, hubristic, lucky character.