"Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto."
Broderick Crawford
as Augusto
Giulietta Masina
as Iris
Richard Basehart
as Carlo
Franco Fabrizi
as Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake
as Susanna
Irene Cefaro
as Marisa
Alberto De Amicis
as Rinaldo
Lorella De Luca
as Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter
Giacomo Gabrielli
as Baron Vargas
Riccardo Garrone
as Riccardo
Paul Grenter
as
Emilio Manfredi
Lucetta Muratori
Mario Passante
as Conman
Sara Simoni
as Stella's Sister
Xenia Valderi
as Luciana
Mara Werlen
as Maggie
Maria Zanoli
as Stella Florina
Ettore Bevilacqua
as Swindled Man
Gino Buzzanca
as Saro (uncredited)
Grazia Carini
as (uncredited)
Gianna Cobelli
Ada Colangeli
Tiziano Cortini
as Blond of the Movie Theater (uncredited)
Gustavo De Nardo
Gianni Di Segni
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rosanna Fabrizi
Yami Kamadeva
Tullio Tomadoni
Amedeo Trilli
Barbara Varenna
Federico Fellini
Director
Ezio Rodi
Administration
Goffredo Lombardo
Producer
Story
Screenplay
Ennio Flaiano
Tullio Pinelli
Giuseppe Colizzi
Production Manager
Dario Cecchi
Production Design
Costume Design
Moraldo Rossi
First Assistant Director
Narciso Vicario
Second Assistant Director
Dominique Delouche
Paolo Nuzzi
Nada delle Piane
Script Supervisor
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist
Fiamma Rocchetti
Hairstylist
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Massimiliano Capriccioli
Set Decoration
Giovanni Rossi
Sound
Roberto Gerardi
Camera Operator
Arturo Zavattini
Assistant Camera
Manolo Bolognini
Production Secretary
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Otello Martelli
Director of Photography
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Giuseppe Vari
Antonio Negri
Production Supervisor
Silvio Clementelli
Charles Delac
Mario Derecchi