Released:
1980-08-10

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.

Director:
Larry Peerce

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Treat Williams
  as
  Cletus
• 
  Lisa Eichhorn
  as
  Kay
• 
  Gabriel Macht
  as
  Jeorge
• 
  Susan Heldfond
  as
  Amy
• 
  Anne Byrne Hoffman
  as
  Faith