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Why Would I Lie?

7.519801h 45mPGMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorLarry Peerce
WriterPeter Stone
ProducerPancho Kohner

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Cast · Directed by Larry Peerce

TWTreat Williams
Treat Williams
Cletus
LELisa Eichhorn
Lisa Eichhorn
Kay
GMGabriel Macht
Gabriel Macht
Jeorge
SH
Susan Heldfond
Amy
AHAnne Byrne Hoffman
Anne Byrne Hoffman
Faith
VCValerie Curtin
Valerie Curtin
Mrs. Bok
JBJocelyn Brando
Jocelyn Brando
Mrs. Crumpe
NCNicolas Coster
Nicolas Coster
Walter
SDSevern Darden
Severn Darden
Dr. Barbour
SDSonny Carl Davis
Sonny Carl Davis
Paul
JB
Jane Burkett
Natalie
KC
Kay Cummings
Edith

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Why Would I Lie? hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around September 28, 1980. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.