The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
With Burt and Dolly, this much fun just couldn't be legal!
1982 · 1h 54m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Colin Higgins
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Overview
When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel The Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
Director and cast
- Colin Higgins Director
- Dolly Parton as Mona Stangley
- Burt Reynolds as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
- Dom DeLuise as Melvin P. Thorpe
- Charles Durning as Governor of Texas
- Jim Nabors as Deputy Fred
- Robert Mandan as Senator Wingwood
- Lois Nettleton as Dulcie Mae
- Theresa Merritt as Jewel
- Noah Beery Jr. as Edsel
- Raleigh Bond as Mayor
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