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Why Would I Lie?

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

7.5 average rating
7.5
English / 105 MIN. / 1980

The Genres

The Synopsis

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 Cast

Treat WilliamsLisa EichhornGabriel MachtSusan HeldfondAnne Byrne HoffmanValerie CurtinJocelyn BrandoNicolas CosterSevern DardenSonny Carl DavisJane BurkettKay CummingsMia BendixsenIlene KristenHarriet GibsonCynthia HoppenfeldMitzi HoagNatalie CoreShirley SlaterElizabeth KerrMichael ShaneEric HaimsSusan Elliot

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