The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
“With Burt and Dolly, this much fun just couldn't be legal!”
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
99 people
Dolly Parton
Mona Stangley
Known for
Steel Magnolias
Nine to Five
Burt Reynolds
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
Known for
Boogie Nights
The Longest Yard
Dom DeLuise
Melvin P. Thorpe
Known for
All Dogs Go to Heaven
History of the World: Part I
Charles Durning
Governor of Texas
Known for
Dog Day Afternoon
The Sting
Jim Nabors
Deputy Fred
Known for
Stroker Ace
The Andy Griffith Show
Robert Mandan
Senator Wingwood
Known for
Soap
Zapped!
Lois Nettleton
Dulcie Mae
Known for
Deadly Blessing
In the Heat of the Night
Theresa Merritt
Jewel
Known for
Billy Madison
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Noah Beery Jr.
Edsel
Known for
The Rockford Files
Red River
Raleigh Bond
Mayor
Known for
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Black Widow
Barry Corbin
C.J.
Known for
No Country for Old Men
One Tree Hill
Ken Magee
Mansel
Known for
Human Nature
Stealing Harvard
Colin Higgins Director · Peter Masterson Screenplay Larry L. King Screenplay
Worldwide gross $70M · Budget $28M · United States release July 23, 1982
Box office
Budget
$27,500,000
Worldwide gross
$69,702,172
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio · Production
RKO
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 23, 1982
Theatrical
United States · January 7, 2003
Physical · DVD
Australia
December 9, 1982 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 18, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
November 18, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
November 19, 1982 · Theatrical
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