The Oldest Profession is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages.

Plot

Cast

Prehistoric Era (directed by Franco Indovina) Roman Nights (directed by Mauro Bolognini) Mademoiselle Mimi (directed by Phillipe de Broca) The Gay Nineties (directed by Michael Pfleghar) Paris Today (directed by Claude Autant-Lara) Anticipation (directed by Jean-Luc Godard) Raquel Welch was the only American in the cast.

Release

The rights to distribute the film in the US and English-speaking Canada were purchased by Jack Harris. Harris later wrote in his memoirs he was attracted by the chance to work on "a brand new film, produced like a major Hollywood picture, featuring Raquel Welch and some of the hottest female stars in the world... It was a big disappointment as a theatrical entry. However through the years, between theatres, television and home video, it has never lost is popularity and has treated me very well." The Los Angeles Times thought the film was "ruined by some of the worst dubbing in recent memory".