Why Would I Lie?
Brief Synopsis
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Cletus is a man who lies with ease. After he takes a job as a social worker, Cletus begins to care about a little boy named Jorge who has been taken away from his mother, who was wrongly convicted of a crime and jailed. Before he can reunite the boy with his mother, Cletus has to concoct a story to keep the child from being adopted. And while he is working on this, he meets the mother's counselor and falls in love with her.
Cast & Crew
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Larry Peerce
Director
Treat Williams
Cletus
Lisa Eichhorn
Kay
Gabriel Swann
Jeorge
Valerie Curtin
Mrs Bok
Anne Byrne
Faith
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1980
Production Company
United Artists Films
Distribution Company
MGM Distribution Company; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Location
Spokane, Washington, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 45m
Synopsis
Cletus is a man who lies with ease. After he takes a job as a social worker, Cletus begins to care about a little boy named Jorge who has been taken away from his mother, who was wrongly convicted of a crime and jailed. Before he can reunite the boy with his mother, Cletus has to concoct a story to keep the child from being adopted. And while he is working on this, he meets the mother's counselor and falls in love with her.
Director
Larry Peerce
Director
Cast
Treat Williams
Cletus
Lisa Eichhorn
Kay
Gabriel Swann
Jeorge
Valerie Curtin
Mrs Bok
Anne Byrne
Faith
Susan Heldfond
Amy
Jocelyn Brando
Mrs Crumpe
Nicolas Coster
Walter
Severn Darden
Dr Barbour
Sonny Davis
Paul
Crew
Shelley Abend
Associate Producer
Bud Alper
Sound
Steve Barnett
1st Assistant Director
Lon Bentley
Makeup
Terence Buchinsky
2nd Assistant Director
Gae Butler
Hairstyles
Francisco Day
Unit Production Manager
Charles Fox
Music
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Mischa Hausserman
Aerial Sequence Pilot
Gerald Hirschfeld
Director Of Photography
Hollis Hodges
Source Material (From Novel)
Hilary Holden
Casting
John C. Howard
Editor
Rich Irvine
Executive Producer
Pancho Kohner
Producer
Al Lehman
Costumes
Chase Newhart
2nd Assistant Director
Marvin Newton
Stills
Robert Ortwin
Unit Production Manager
Robert Rooney
Unit Publicist
James Schoppe
Art Direction
Mary Scott
Assistant Editor
James L Stewart
Executive Producer
Peter Stone
Screenwriter
Sal Vecchio
Props
Stuart Wallach
Associate Producer
Robert West
Key Grip
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1980
Production Company
United Artists Films
Distribution Company
MGM Distribution Company; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Location
Spokane, Washington, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 45m
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 1, 1980
Released in United States Summer August 1, 1980
