Why Would I Lie? (1980)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 10, 1980Release Date
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 10, 1980Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Treat Williams
Cletus
Lisa Eichhorn
Kay
Gabriel Macht
Jeorge
Susan Heldfond
Amy
Anne Byrne Hoffman
Faith
Larry Peerce
Director
Valerie Curtin
Mrs. Bok
Jocelyn Brando
Mrs. Crumpe
Peter Stone
Writer
Nicolas Coster
Walter
Pancho Kohner
Producer
Severn Darden
Dr. Barbour
Sonny Carl Davis
Paul
Charles Fox
Composer
Jane Burkett
Natalie
Gerald Hirschfeld
Cinematographer
Kay Cummings
Edith
Mia Bendixsen
Thelma
Ilene Kristen
Waitress
Harriet Gibson
Mary Kalinsky
Cynthia Hoppenfeld
Opel McCarthy
Mitzi Hoag
Mrs. Hayworth
Natalie Core
Mrs. Gogle
Shirley Slater
Warden
Elizabeth Kerr
Customer
Michael Shane
Bartender
Eric Haims
Protest Leader
John C. Howard
Editor
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Details.
Release DateAugust 10, 1980
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingPG
Budget$4,500,000
Box Office$1,175,855
Genres
Wiki.
Why Would I Lie? is a 1980 American comedy-drama film about a compulsive liar named Cletus (Treat Williams). The film, which was directed by Larry Peerce and shot in Spokane, Washington, is based on the novel The Fabricator by Hollis Hodges.