Why Would I Lie? (1980)

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105 min - Comedy | Drama - 28 August 1981 (Denmark)

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Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus... See full summary »

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	Treat Williams	...	Cletus
	Lisa Eichhorn	...	Kay
	Gabriel Macht	...	Jorge (as Gabriel Swann)
	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

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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. Written by Rob Hartill

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