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Why Would I Lie? (1980)
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Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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Treat Williams plays a guy who gets hit in the head with a rock during a protest and develops this urge to make things more interesting in life. When anyone thinks his story is a bit too unusual, he says "Why would I lie about a thing like that?" As I remember, a girl (Lisa Eichorn) and her son enter his life and his lies are believed and cause confusion and problems for others. After almost losing those who have become important in his life, he finally learns his lesson.
I had this movie on tape and loaned it to someone and, of course, never got it back. No big deal for most movies, but this one never made it to re-runs, commercial tape, or DVD. Why, I don't know. I remember it as better than many, if not most, in this genre.