What is Debbie Does Dallas?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Debbie Does Dallas | image = Debbiedoesdallas.jpg | caption = | director = Jim Clark | producer = Jim Clark | writer = Maria Minestra | starring = [[Bambi Woods]]<br>Christie Ford<br>[[Robert Kerman|R. Bolla]]<br>[[Robin Byrd]]<br>[[Herschel Savage]]<br>[[Eric Edwards (actor)|Eric Edwards]]<br>Arcadia Lake | music = Gerald Sampler | cinematography = Billy Budd | editing = Hals Liptus | distributor = VCX | studio = School Day Films | released = November 19, 1978 | runtime = 84 minutes | country = [[United States]] | language = English }} '''''Debbie Does Dallas''''' is a 1978 American [[Pornography|pornographic]] movie. It was both [[movie director|directed]] and [[movie producer|produced]] by Jim Clark. ''Debbie Does Dallas'' was released on November 19, 1978. There was a copyright battle when the movie was released. M & A Associates held rights and wanted to distribute it through VCX. They didn't want people to illegally copy the movie. They were unable to get the copyright protection or register with the [[United States Copyright Office]] (USCO). There would be a [[cease and desist]] filed by M & A against VCX and the USCO but the judge ruled in favor of VCX and the USCO. This meant that the movie would enter the [[public domain]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/how-a-nasty-legal-fight-252525|accessdate=December 6, 2023|title=How a Nasty Legal Fight Over 'Deep Throat,' 'Debbie Does Dallas' Was Settled|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> ==Legacy== The movie was very popular and sold around 50,000 [[VHS]] tapes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://worldcat.org/title/21360021|title=Mass communication: An introductory survey|date=1985|page=355|publisher=Wm. C. Brown Publishers|others=Harless, James D|isbn=9780697014689|location=Dubuque, IA|oclc=21360021}}</ref> ''Debbie Does Dallas'' is one of the most well known porn