Dear Liar, full title Dear Liar: A Comedy of Letters is a famous play by American actor and playwright Jerome Kilty first staged in 1957 and has been subject of a book by Jerome Kilty in 1960, a television adaptation in 1964 directed by David Gardner for National Educational Television and in two film adaptations, one in English by director Gordon Rigsby in 1981 and another in French as "Cher menteur" (meaning Dear liar) in 1982 by French director Alexandre Tarta.