Why Would I Lie?
Lies, lies, lies. What a funny way to begin a love affair.
1980 | 105m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Larry Peerce |
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| Writer: | Peter Stone |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 10, 1980 |
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| Director: | Larry Peerce |
| Writer: | Peter Stone |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,175,855
Budget: $4,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mitzi Hoag | Mrs. Hayworth |
| Natalie Core | Mrs. Gogle |
| Shirley Slater | Warden |
| Elizabeth Kerr | Customer |
| Michael Shane | Bartender |
| Eric Haims | Protest Leader |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Larry Peerce | Director |
| Peter Stone | Writer |
| Charles Fox | Music |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Gerald Hirschfeld | Cinematography |
| John C. Howard | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pancho Kohner | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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