The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

While filming the ending scene, Burt Reynolds got a double hernia from picking up Dolly Parton. He often joked to Dolly that he'd think of her every time he got a pang of pain.

When Miss Mona and the girls are singing the rules of the house, one of the rules is "no tattoos, because brands belong on cattle", but one of the girls clearly has a tattoo on her shoulder blade.

When this movie was first released in theatres, and on its first ABC TV airing, it featured Burt Reynolds singing a song (the song is in the scene immediately following his confrontation with Miss Mona, in which he orders her to shut down the Chicken Ranch). In the video release, and in the current TV version, that sequence has been removed. In the new version, Burt is seen briefly in a "contemplation" link sequence. The tune (written by Dolly Parton) which Burt originally sang on the movie was used in Dolly's "Rhinestone" movie. She wrote totally new words to the music and titled the song "God Won't Get You" (also a single release for Parton on RCA).

Featured in The Best Little Special in Texas (1982)