The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Jul 23 1982
•2h 55m
•Comedy
When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a fight.
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Burt Reynolds
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
Dolly Parton
Mona Stangley
Dom DeLuise
Melvin P. Thorpe
Charles Durning
Governor of Texas
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