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Why Would I Lie?

Why Would I Lie?

Aug 10, 1980
105 min
ComedyDrama
6.0/ 10
1 votes

Overview

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.

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TMDB
6.0/10
1 votes
IMDB
5.9/10
323 votes
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Box Office & Budget

Budget$4,500,000Production cost
Box Office$1,175,855Worldwide gross
Profit-$3,324,145Loss
ROI
-73.9%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,175,855Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

2 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Lies, lies, lies. What a funny way to begin a love affair."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$4,500,000

Revenue

$1,175,855

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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