Cast of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Burt Reynolds Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd Dolly Parton Mona Stangley Dom DeLuise Melvin P. Thorpe Charles Durning Governor of Texas Robert Mandan Senator Wingwood Howard K. Smith Howard K. Smith 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 Sandi Johnson Chicken Ranch Girl Lee Lund Chicken Ranch Girl Paula Lynn Chicken Ranch Girl Lily Mariye Chicken Ranch Girl Andrea Pike Chicken Ranch Girl Terry Calloway Chicken Ranch Girl Jennifer Nairn-Smith Chicken Ranch Girl Terri Treas Chicken Ranch Girl Melanie Winter Chicken Ranch Girl Edie Lehmann Boddicker Dogette Robert Briscoe Evans Melvin's Crew John Walter Davis Melvin's Crew Gregory Itzin Melvin's Crew Timothy Stack Melvin's Crew Larry B. Williams Melvin's Crew Harvey Christiansen Old Farmer Donald F. Colson Jeff Gerald Bobby Fite Dulcie Mae's Son Kenneth White Sheriff Jack Roy Ted Gehring Sheriff Chapman Wayne Heffley TV Station Manager Verne Lundquist Verne Lundquist Lee Ritchey Governor's Aide Alice Drummond Governor's Secretary Thomas Myers Senator's Aide Victoria Wells Washing Girl Karyn Harrison Chicken Girl Randy Bennett Privates Boy John Perry Edson Male Reporter Robert Ginnaven Male Reporter Sharon Ammann Female Reporter Claudette Gardner Female Reporter Suzi McLaughlin Female Reporter Anne Gaybis Chicken Ranch Girl (uncredited) Larry Gilman 50's Vignette (uncredited) Bob Harks Audience Member (uncredited) Kay Parker World War II Girl (uncredited) Catherine Wilkinson Young Whore Dancer (uncredited) Bret Williams Silhouette Cowboy (uncredited) Robbin Young Working Girl in Whorehouse (uncredited) Chuck Dawson JukeBox Delivery Man (uncredited) Kitten Natividad 1910 Working Girl
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Dolly and Burt and Whorehouse never get beyond the concept stage in this movie. FulvueDrive-in.com Chuck O'Leary
A bawdy good time. All but stolen by Charles Durning as the sidestepping governor and Dom DeLuise as the leader of the decency police. Buffalo Courier-Express Jay Boyar
This isn't a very engaging idea. Neither outrageous enough to be funny nor apt enough to be clever, it's a rickety hook to hang a movie on. The music and the dancing are poor at best, and an embalmed kind of perfectionist's poor at that. Then there's director Collin Higgins. This guy's inability to create rhythm, in scenes as well as between them, could leach the life out of any script. Managing to find a silly, escapist side to police corruption-not to mention women, sex, and the law... New York Times Janet Maslin
This film lacks even the inadvertently buoyant awfulness that makes some bad movies fun. It's just plain dull. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is just about everything it's meant to be - a couple of diverting hours in the dark. Its treatment of the oldest profession is about as sexy as orthopedic shoes. Detroit Free Press Jack Mathews
"The Best Little Whorehouse" is, in spots at least, a romping musical good time. Sioux City Journal Bruce R. Miller
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is a bit like a two-hour rest on a vibrating bed -- it makes you feel good, but you're not really sure why. Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
The movie's number is up long before Durning does a disarming song about political obfuscation, and it would not be accurate to say he steals the picture. It is not worth taking. San Francisco Examiner John Stark
Despite miscasting, and a silly rewriting of the plot, it's kind of fun, in a bouncy, cartoon-like sense. Austin American-Statesman Patrick Taggart
Beyond the superficial prettiness, director Colin Higgins has to be congratulated for his effectiveness at handling that trickiest of problems in film musicals -- the moment at which a character bursts into song. Boston Globe Michael Blowen
The producers have transformed a gentle, well-meaning, satirical Broadway musical into a parody of itself. Minneapolis Star Tribune Eric Black
If you are hopelessly addicted to either or both of the stars, you may find enough In this weak, forgettable, overhyped film to sustain your interest for two hours. Chicago Tribune Gene Siskel
Mild entertainment but somewhat disappointing.
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