Alberto Sordi
Merchant of children
Alberto Sordi
Merchant of children
Vittorio Gassman
Cimino
Fernandel
The widower
Nino Manfredi
Waiter
Silvana Mangano
Signora Matteoni
Paolo Stoppa
Giorgio
Renato Rascel
Coppola
Jack Palance
Matteoni
Vittorio De Sica
Defense lawyer
Anouk Aimée
Giorgio's wife Irene
Lino Ventura
Giovanna's father
Melina Mercouri
Foreign lady
Ernest Borgnine
Pickpocket
Paul Demange
Miser in Paris
Jimmy Durante
The man with the large nose
Lamberto Maggiorani
Poor man
Akim Tamiroff
Play director
Elli Davis
The blonde
Georges Rivière
Gianni
Jaime de Mora y Aragón
l'ambasciatore
Mike Bongiorno
Self
Eleonora Brown
Giovanna
Elisa Cegani
la madre di Giovanna
Franco Franchi
disoccupato
Ciccio Ingrassia
disoccupato
Domenico Modugno
il cantante
Marisa Merlini
una madre
Andreina Pagnani
ospite in casa Matteoni
Giuseppe Ianigro
la personalità
Alberto Bonucci
ospite in casa Matteoni
Sergio Jossa
Luca
Lilli Lembo
annunciatrice Tv
Maria Pia Casilio
cameriera
Mario Abussi
Giuseppe Porelli
l'accompagnatore delle personalità
Nando Angelini
Edith Peters
Black Woman
Giacomo Furia
Regina Bianchi
Luigi Bonos
Vittorio Bonos
Ugo D'Alessio
un Pulcinella
Eugenio Maggi
Teresa De Vita
Pietro De Vico
venditore ambulante
Enzo Petito
Gigi Reder
il pazzariello
Agostino Salvietti
Carlo Taranto
un giudicato
Hilde Maria Renzi
Mario Passante
Nello Ascoli
Alfredo Melidoni
Pasquale Cennamo
Nino Di Napoli
Alberto Albani Barbieri
Eliana De Sabata
Alfio Vita
Pilade Collaveri
Salvatore Porcaro
Boy at the Window (uncredited)
Vittorio De Sica
Director
Cesare Zavattini
Story
Alfredo De Laurentiis
Line Producer
Franco Montemurro
First Assistant Director
Elio Costanzi
Set Decoration
Giulia Mafai
Assistant Costume Designer
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Pasquale Romano
Production Design
Giuseppe Metalli
Special Effects
Mario Abussi
Unit Manager
Carla Fierro
Script Supervisor
Giorgio Morra
Unit Manager
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Adriana Novelli
Editor
Luciano Marrocchi
Gaffer
Biagio Fiorelli
Sound
Pilade Collaveri
Production Secretary
Luciano Tonti
Assistant Camera
Gaspare Carboni
Makeup Artist
Anna Cristofani
Hairstylist
Checco Rissone
First Assistant Director
Aldo Bonifazi
Key Grip
Mario Capriotti
Camera Operator
Pietro Bologna
Assistant Production Design
Bruno Moreal
Sound
Marisa Letti
Assistant Editor
Gábor Pogány
Director of Photography
Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Elio Costanzi
Costume Design