Why Would I Lie?

Why Would I Lie?

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 8, 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.

Why Would I Lie?

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 8, 1980

Why Would I Lie?
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Why Would I Lie?
Directors Larry Peerce
Writers Peter Stone

Cast

Treat Williams

as Cletus

Lisa Eichhorn

as Kay

Gabriel Macht

as Jeorge

Valerie Curtin

as Mrs. Bok

Jocelyn Brando

as Mrs. Crumpe

Nicolas Coster

as Walter

Severn Darden

as Dr. Barbour

Jane Burkett

as Natalie

Kay Cummings

as Edith

Mia Bendixsen

as Thelma

Ilene Kristen

as Waitress

Harriet Gibson

as Mary Kalinsky

Cynthia Hoppenfeld

as Opel McCarthy

Mitzi Hoag

as Mrs. Hayworth

Natalie Core

as Mrs. Gogle

Shirley Slater

as Warden

Elizabeth Kerr

as Customer

Michael Shane

as Bartender

Eric Haims

as Protest Leader