City Confidential: Virginia City - Showdown at the Mustang Ranch on AllMovie

Sex, money, and power make for a toxic combination in the A&E program City Confidential: Virginia City -- Showdown at the Mustang Ranch. Virginia City's reputation as the silver capital of the West was eclipsed only by its more recent entry into the sex trade. In a county where prostitution is legal, the Mustang Ranch was the local Playboy Mansion. Beautiful women mingled with politicians and the owners made money hand over fist. But, like many shady operations, the business ultimately fell to federal investigations for tax fraud. Truth became stranger than fiction when city corruption came to light. A&E profiles the complicated and often comical tale in this one-hour presentation.