A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.

On the surface, Philip Markoff appears to be the ideal med student, fiancé and future son-in-law - but there's something seriously wrong with him.

A night in the life of a cynical prostitute forms the basis of Ken Russell's portrait of the world's oldest profession.

Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.