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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.

Director

Colin Higgins

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

$69,701,637

Production

Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total

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Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

Mona Stangley

Melvin

Governor

Charles Durning

Deputy Fred

Senator Wingwood

Dulcie Mae

Jewel

Theresa Merritt

Edsel

Mayor

C.J.

Mansel

Rita

Mary Jo Catlett

Modene

Mary Louise Wilson

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Valerie Leigh Bixler

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Lorraine Fields

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Jennifer Nairn-Smith

Chicken Ranch Girl

Chicken Ranch Girl

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Edmond Alan Forsyth

Aggie

Mark Fotopoulos

Aggie

Michael Fullington

Aggie

David Warren Gibson

Aggie

Aggie

Jeffrey Hornaday

Aggie

Patrick Maguire

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Aggie

Dogette

Robin Lynn Funk

Dogette

Dogette

Edie Lehmann Boddicker

Dogette

Mark Thomas McGee

Dogette

Dogette

Benjamin Taylor

Dogette

Dogette

Melvin's Crew

Robert Briscoe Evans

Melvin's Crew

John Walter Davis

Melvin's Crew

Melvin's Crew

Melvin's Crew

Larry B. Williams

Old Farmer

Harvey Christiansen

Jeff Gerald

Donald F. Colson

Dora

Henry

Dulcie Mae's Son

Wulla Jean

Sheriff Jack Roy

Sheriff Chapman

TV Station Manager

Verne Lundquist

Verne Lundquist

Lee Grossip

Governor's Aide

Governor's Secretary

Senator's Aide

Washing Girl

Chicken Girl

Privates Boy

Nester

Willie T. Neely

Nester

Nester

Kenneth Threadgill

Male Reporter

Male Reporter

Robert Ginnaven

Female Reporter

Female Reporter

Claudette Gardner

Female Reporter

Suzi McLaughlin

Chicken Ranch Girl Raid

Christine Bridges

Dancer

JukeBox Delivery Man

Chicken Ranch Girl

50's Vignette

Audience Member

World War II Girl

Young Whore Dancer

Catherine Wilkinson

Silhouette Cowboy

Working Girl in Whorehouse

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Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd Mona Stangley Deputy Fred Female Reporter Jewel C.j.

So fora while as the story goes - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

So fora while as the story goes

Of course if you grew up anywhere in Texas - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Of course if you grew up anywhere in Texas

Everybody liked Ed Earl - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Everybody liked Ed Earl

It's just a little bitty pissant country place - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

It's just a little bitty pissant country place

Well one of these nights when you ain't on duty you drop in out there - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Well one of these nights when you ain't on duty you...

The best part - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Well fine Then I'm gettin' dressed and goin' home - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Well fine Then I'm gettin' dressed and goin'...

Be like puttin' two bowling balls in a marble bag - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Be like puttin' two bowling balls in a marble bag

Now that's what the little silver snaps are for - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Now that's what the little silver snaps are for

It's a Japanese slingshot - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

It's a Japanese slingshot

High ratings Lots of letters He doesn't listen to anybody - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

High ratings Lots of letters He doesn't listen to...

Was the best ratin' we ever had - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Was the best ratin' we ever had

The power of television of public exposure is so great it scares me - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The power of television of public exposure is so great it...

I'm gonna knock you so flat you're gonna - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

I'm gonna knock you so flat you're gonna

I saw a picture once - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

I saw a picture once

Well I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Well I always just thought if you see somebody without a...

Me Jumpin' up and down I'd black both my eyes - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Me Jumpin' up and down I'd black both my eyes

I couldn't be a ballerina now I'm too top heavy - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

I couldn't be a ballerina now I'm too top heavy

All we wanted to do was keep it quiet - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

All we wanted to do was keep it quiet

Don't feel sorry for me - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Don't feel sorry for me

You know what burns my ass - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

You know what burns my ass

Good You know it's always a business - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Good You know it's always a business

'cause you ain't never gonna be no more than you are right now - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

'cause you ain't never gonna be no more than you...

Honey we see everything in this profession - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Honey we see everything in this profession

Boys I got myself a pretty good bullshit detector - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Boys I got myself a pretty good bullshit detector

They want me to close her down - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

They want me to close her down

Governor what do you think of the crisis in the Middle East - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Governor what do you think of the crisis in the Middle East

I love to dance a little sidestep - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

I love to dance a little sidestep

Ed Earl I believe the thing for you to do is - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Ed Earl I believe the thing for you to do is

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A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Colin Higgins

Writer: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson, Colin Higgins

Production: Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1982

MetaScore: 40/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: $69,701,637

Released: 23 Jul 1982

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total

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