Why Would I Lie?

Why Would I Lie?

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 10, 1980

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Why Would I Lie?

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Larry Peerce

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$1,175,855

Description

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.