Film

Why Would I Lie?

1980 · 1h 45m · Comedy · Drama

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

IMDb

5.9

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 Williams

Cletus

Lisa Eichhorn

Kay

Gabriel Macht

Jeorge

Susan Heldfond

Amy

Anne Byrne Hoffman

Faith

Valerie Curtin

Mrs. Bok

Jocelyn Brando

Mrs. Crumpe

Nicolas Coster

Walter

Severn Darden

Dr. Barbour

Sonny Carl Davis

Paul

Jane Burkett

Natalie

Kay Cummings

Edith

Mia Bendixsen

Thelma

Ilene Kristen

Waitress

Harriet Gibson

Mary Kalinsky

Cynthia Hoppenfeld

Opel McCarthy

• Larry PeerceDirector
• Peter StoneWriter
• Pancho KohnerProducer
• John C. HowardEditor

Release date

August 10, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$1,175,855

Genres

Comedy, Drama