"With Burt and Dolly, this much fun just couldn't be legal!"

1982

1h 55m

6.2(166 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

99 members

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Burt Reynolds

Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

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Dolly Parton

Mona Stangley

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Dom DeLuise

Melvin P. Thorpe

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Charles Durning

Governor of Texas

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Jim Nabors

Deputy Fred

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Robert Mandan

Senator Wingwood

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Lois Nettleton

Dulcie Mae

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Theresa Merritt

Jewel

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Noah Beery Jr.

Edsel

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Raleigh Bond

Mayor

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Barry Corbin

C.J.

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Ken Magee

Mansel

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Mary Jo Catlett

Rita

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Mary Louise Wilson

Modene

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Howard K. Smith

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Sandy Johnson

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Gail Benedict

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Valerie Leigh Bixler

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Leslie Cook

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Carol Culver

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Lorraine Fields

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Trish Garland

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Lee Lund

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Paula Lynn

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Lily Mariye

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Andrea Pike

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Terry Calloway

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Jennifer Nairn-Smith

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Terri Treas

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Melanie Winter

Chicken Ranch Girl

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Stephen Bray

Aggie

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Brian Bullard

Aggie

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Jeff Calhoun

Aggie

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Gary Chapman

Aggie

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John Dolf

Aggie

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David Engel

Aggie

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Edmond Alan Forsyth

Aggie

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Mark Fotopoulos

Aggie

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Michael Fullington

Aggie

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David Warren Gibson

Aggie

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Joe Hart

Aggie

Crew

Jeffrey Hornaday

Aggie

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Patrick Maguire

Aggie

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Ted Marriot

Aggie

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Steven Moore

Aggie

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Douglas Robb

Aggie

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Kevin Ryan

Aggie

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Tim Topper

Aggie

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Marvin Tunney

Aggie

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Randy Val Cupp

Aggie

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Robert Warners

Aggie

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Robin Lynn Funk

Dogette

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Sound

Larry Kenton

Dogette

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Edie Lehmann Boddicker

Dogette

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Mark Thomas McGee

Dogette

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Karen McLain

Dogette

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Benjamin Taylor

Dogette

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Arnetia Walker

Dogette

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Ty Whitney

Dogette

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Robert Briscoe Evans

Melvin's Crew

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John Walter Davis

Melvin's Crew

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Gregory Itzin

Melvin's Crew

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Timothy Stack

Melvin's Crew

Writing

Larry B. Williams

Melvin's Crew

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Harvey Christiansen

Old Farmer

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Donald F. Colson

Jeff Gerald

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Helen Kleeb

Dora

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Mickey Jones

Henry

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Bobby Fite

Dulcie Mae's Son

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Paula Shaw

Wulla Jean

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Kenneth White

Sheriff Jack Roy

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Ted Gehring

Sheriff Chapman

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Wayne Heffley

TV Station Manager

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Verne Lundquist

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Lee Grosscup

Lee Grossip

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Lee Ritchey

Governor's Aide

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Alice Drummond

Governor's Secretary

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Thomas Myers

Senator's Aide

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Victoria Wells

Washing Girl

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Karyn Harrison

Chicken Girl

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Randy Bennett

Privates Boy

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Willie T. Neely

Nester

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Harold Offer

Nester

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Kenneth Threadgill

Nester

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John Perry Edson

Male Reporter

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Robert Ginnaven

Male Reporter

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Sharon Ammann

Female Reporter

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Claudette Gardner

Female Reporter

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Suzi McLaughlin

Female Reporter

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Anne Gaybis

Chicken Ranch Girl (uncredited)

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Larry Gilman

50's Vignette (uncredited)

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Bob Harks

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Kay Parker

World War II Girl (uncredited)

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Catherine Wilkinson

Young Whore Dancer (uncredited)

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Bret Williams

Silhouette Cowboy (uncredited)

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Robbin Young

Working Girl in Whorehouse (uncredited)

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Chuck Dawson

JukeBox Delivery Man (uncredited)

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Kitten Natividad

1910 Working Girl

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Jerry Mitchell

Aggie

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