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Why Would I Lie? (1980)

ALL 08/10/1980 (en) Comedy, Drama 105 Min
  • Release
    08/10/1980
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Why Would I Lie?
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 1,175,855.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Larry Peerce

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Pancho Kohner

    Producer



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Why Would I Lie? (1980) 105 Min

ALL 08/10/1980 (en)
Comedy, Drama
  • Release 08/10/1980
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title Why Would I Lie?
  • en
  • Revenue1,175,855.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Larry Peerce

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John C. Howard

    Editor

  4. Pancho Kohner

    Producer



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