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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

With Burt and Dolly, this much fun just couldn't be legal!
Jul 23, 1982 · 1h 54m
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Comedy

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Dolly Parton
Mona Stangley
Burt Reynolds
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
Dom DeLuise
Melvin P. Thorpe
Charles Durning
Governor of Texas
Jim Nabors
Deputy Fred
Robert Mandan
Senator Wingwood
Lois Nettleton
Dulcie Mae
Theresa Merritt
Jewel
Directed by Colin Higgins

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$27,500,000
Revenue
$69,702,172
Production
Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions
Country
US

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