Nino Manfredi

as Carmelo Mazzullo, aka Nestore Di Cosimo

Rosanna Schiaffino

as Caterina "Rama" Peretti

Vittorio Caprioli

as Father Ernesto

Ottavia Piccolo

as Nanda

Vittorio De Sica

as Enrico Formichi

Leopoldo Trieste

as Professor Enrico

Mickey Fox

as Regina

Milena Vukotić

as Delia