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Why Would I Lie?

RELEASE: 10. Aug 1980

Comedy Drama

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Synopsis

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.

Budget

$4.5M

Revenue

$1.2M

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Profit

-$3.3M