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Cletus is a compulsive liar, though he prefers the term 'fabrication' to 'lie.' When he becomes a social worker, he's assigned the case of a boy named Jeorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do this, he must fabricate many a story to keep Jeorge from being adopted. In search of the mother, Cletus meets and falls in love with a women's-advice counselor.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Larry Peerce
- Writer
- Hollis Hodges, Peter Stone
- Starring
- Treat Williams, Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Macht
Details
- Release date
- Aug 8, 1980
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Box office
- $1,175,855
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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