A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.
Director: Colin Higgins
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Jim Nabors.
Dorain Grusman ... assistant choreographer
Wally Harper ... dance arranger
Tony Stevens ... choreographer
10 songs in the Soundtracks, 7 Written by Carol Hall, 3 by DP, including I Will Always Love You. I think the song that says it was cut from some film versions is not in the version I have (BR solo).
BR sings ok, but in duet with DP, I mostly hear her anyway.
Per the featurette, this is based on a true story, then turned into a B'way musical ('78-'82), then this film.
I find it enjoyable, and the dancing is exuberant (large numbers of patrons and employees.) CD's number is very fun, especially his dancing. The story is really more about politics and TV "reporting" than about sexual morality.
Rated 5.9 by 8.7k+ IMDb raters.
Universal, RKO & more, dir. Higgins; 7
