After adding movie star to her resume with 9 to 5 in 1980, the door to Dolly Parton's Hollywood career had been opened. The film version of her song "I Will Always Love You" — the original recording had been a U.S. country chart-topper for Parton in the spring of 1974 — was released as a single in July 1982, and again reached number one on the U.S. country singles chart.

Miss Mona (Parton) runs the Chicken Ranch, a beloved brothel with a long history in a small Texas town. The sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd (Burt Reynolds), looks out for the Chicken Ranch due to his past with Miss Mona. However, when pious reporter Melvin Thorpe (Dom DeLuise) exposes the brothel, outside interests want it shut down, putting the governor (Charles Durning) in a tough spot.

Reviews
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a fantastic, fun musical that is a tame sort of naughty that even the most vanilla among us can enjoy, given that they have taste." – Scared Stiff Reviews