The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)

R 114 min - Comedy - 23 July 1982
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The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."

Director:  Colin Higgins
Writers:  Colin Higgins, Peter Masterson, Larry L. King
Stars:  Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors, Robert Mandan, Lois Nettleton, Theresa Merritt, Noah Beery Jr., Raleigh Bond, Barry Corbin, Ken Magee, Mary Jo Catlett, Mary Louise Wilson, Howard K. Smith, Gail Benedict, Valerie Leigh Bixler, Leslie Cook, Carol Culver, Lorraine Fields, Trish Garland, Sandi Johnson, Lee Lund, Paula Lynn, Lily Mariye, Andrea Pike, Terry Calloway, Jennifer Nairn-Smith, Terri Treas, Melanie Winter, Stephen Bray, Brian Bullard, Jeff Calhoun, Gary Chapman, John Dolf, David Engel, Edmond Alan Forsyth, Mark Fotopoulos, Michael Fullington, David Warren Gibson, Joe Hart, Jeffrey Hornaday, Patrick Maguire, Ted Marriot, Jerry Mitchell, Steven Moore, Douglas Robb, Kevin Ryan, Tim Topper, Marvin Tunney, Randy Val Cupp, Robert Warners, Robin Lynn Funk, Larry Kenton, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Mark Thomas McGee, Karen McLain, Benjamin Taylor, Arnetia Walker, Ty Whitney, Robert Briscoe Evans, John Walter Davis, Gregory Itzin, Timothy Stack, Larry B. Williams, Harvey Christiansen, Donald F. Colson, Helen Kleeb, Mickey Jones, Bobby Fite, Paula Shaw, Kenneth White, Ted Gehring, Wayne Heffley, Verne Lundquist, Lee Grosscup, Lee Ritchey, Alice Drummond, Thomas Myers, Victoria Wells, Karyn Harrison, Randy Bennett, Willie T. Neely, Harold Offer, Kenneth Threadgill, John Edson, Robert Ginnaven, Sharon Ammann, Claudette Gardner, Suzi McLaughlin, Christine Bridges, Anne Gaybis, Larry Gilman, Bob Harks, Kay Parker, Catherine Wilkinson, Bret Williams, Robbin Young, Chuck Dawson, Kitten Natividad

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Storyline

The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."


Collections: Colin Higgins

Tagline: With Burt and Dolly this much fun just couldn't be legal!

Genres: Comedy

Details

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Language:  English
Release Date:  23 July 1982

Box Office

Budget:  $35,000,000
Revenue:  $69,701,637

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Universal Pictures, RKO Pictures LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 54 min