

MovieComedy
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
With Burt and Dolly, this much fun just couldn't be legal!
6.2(193)19821h 54m
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
- Colin Higgins
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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

Noah Beery Jr.
Edsel

Raleigh Bond
Mayor

Barry Corbin
C.J.

Ken Magee
Mansel

Mary Jo Catlett
Rita

Mary Louise Wilson
Modene

Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith

Sandy Johnson
Chicken Ranch Girl
Gail Benedict
Chicken Ranch Girl
Valerie Leigh Bixler
Chicken Ranch Girl

Leslie Cook
Chicken Ranch Girl
Carol Culver
Chicken Ranch Girl
Lorraine Fields
Chicken Ranch Girl
Trish Garland
Chicken Ranch Girl
Lee Lund
Chicken Ranch Girl
Paula Lynn
Chicken Ranch Girl
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Crew
Directing
- Colin HigginsDirector
- Marshall SchlomScript Supervisor
- Emmitt-Leon O'NeillSecond Assistant Director
- Jack Frost SandersFirst Assistant Director
- Jim Van WyckSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Larry L. KingMusical
- Carol HallMusical
- Peter MastersonScreenplay
- Colin HigginsScreenplay
- Peter MastersonMusical
- Larry L. KingScreenplay
Production
- Terry LieblingCasting
- Peter Macgregor-ScottCo-Producer
- Thomas L. MillerProducer
- Edward K. MilkisProducer
- Robert L. BoyettProducer
- Mary VanceCasting
- Robert F. BoyleProduction Designer
Camera
- William A. FrakerDirector of Photography
- Dave AnderbergGrip
- Steve BridgeCamera Operator
- Nick McLeanCamera Operator
- Keith PetermanFirst Assistant Camera
- Cal RobertsFirst Assistant Camera
- Bobby ThomasFirst Assistant Camera
- Jeff ZimmermanAssistant Camera
- Lawrence GraumanAssistant Camera
Editing
- Jack HofstraEditor
- Pembroke J. HerringEditor
- David BrethertonEditor
- Walter HannemannEditor
- Nicholas EliopoulosEditor
Sound
- Dolly PartonSongs
- Patrick WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- William B. KaplanSound mixer
- Carol HallSongs
- Glenn HoskinsonSound Editor
- Walt JeneveinSound Editor
- Stanley H. PolinskySound Re-Recording Mixer
- Earl SampsonBoom Operator
- John StacySupervising Sound Editor
- Bruce StamblerSound Editor
- John J. StephensSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Kyle WrightSound Editor
Art
- Norman NewberryArt Direction
- Arthur Jeph ParkerSet Decoration
- Daniel MalteseSet Designer
- Curtis A. SchnellSet Designer
- Phill NormanTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- April FerryWardrobe Master
- Shirlee StrahmCostumer
- Theadora Van RunkleCostume Designer
- Pete AltobelliMakeup Artist
- Cindy BaggettMakeup Artist
- Irene De'AtleyHairstylist
- Tom EllingwoodMakeup Artist
- Marvin G. WestmoreMakeup Artist
- Lynda GurasichHairstylist
- Barbara LorenzHairstylist
- Colleen OwensHairstylist
- Lorraine RobersonHairstylist
Visual Effects
- Henry SchoesslerVisual Effects
- Albert WhitlockVisual Effects
Crew
- Eddie HiceStunt Coordinator
- Fred Z. GeblerSpecial Effects
- Tony StevensChoreographer
Lighting
- Gary H. HoltGaffer
- Doug PentekGaffer