Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds sing and dance through an inspired tale of the story behind the demise of the real-life Chicken Ranch in the musical comedy, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (Dom DeLuise) threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona (Parton) doesn't go down without a fight. With the help of Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd (Reynolds), the two join together to keep it open and find romance along the way. Sing along through this extraordinary story about passion, scandal and romance.
Thanks to the classic Dolly Parton film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and ZZ Top's ode "La Grange," many people think they know the story of the infamous Chicken Ranch. The reality is more complex, lying somewhere between heartbreaking and absurd. For more than a century, dirt farmers and big-cigar politicians alike rubbed shoulders at the Chicken Ranch, operated openly under the sheriff's watchful eye. Madam Edna Milton and her girls ran a tight, discreet ship that the God-fearing people of La Grange tolerated if not outright embraced. That is, until a secret conspiracy enlisted an oppo... [Read More]
“The Chicken Ranch was the one, great festering, frustrating sore on the face of law enforcement in Texas.”The year was 1973. The State of Texas had just elected a new reform-minded governor and attorney general.
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