"In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently."
Antonio Arcidiacono
as Ntoni (uncredited)
Giuseppe Arcidiacono
as Cola (uncredited)
Venera Bonaccorso
as La Vecchia Che Ride (uncredited)
Nicola Castorino
as Nicola (uncredited)
Rosa Catalano
as Rosa (uncredited)
Rosa Costanzo
as Nedda (uncredited)
Alfio Fichera
as Michele (uncredited)
Carmela Fichera
as La Baronessa (uncredited)
Rosario Galvagno
as Don Salvatore, il Maresciallo dei Carabinieri (uncredited)
Agnese Giammona
as Lucia (uncredited)
Nelluccia Giammona
as Mara (uncredited)
Giovanni Greco
as (uncredited)
Ignazio Maccarone
as Maccarone (uncredited)
Giovanni Maiorana
as Un Bambino (uncredited)
Antonino Micale
as Vanni (uncredited)
Maria Micale
as La Madre (uncredited)
Concettina Mirabella
Angelo Morabito
as Un Cliente dell'Osteria (uncredited)
Pasquale Pellegrino
as Pescatore (uncredited)
Amilcare Pettinelli
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Antonio Pietrangeli
Alfio Valastro
as Bandiera (uncredited)
Antonino Valastro
as Pandolla (uncredited)
Francesco Valastro
as Afro (uncredited)
Lorenzo Valastro
as Lorenzo (uncredited)
Raimondo Valastro
as Raimondo (uncredited)
Salvatore Valastro
as Il Pignoratore (uncredited)
Santo Valastro
as Santo (uncredited)
Sebastiano Valastro
as Il Padre (uncredited)
Giuseppe Vicari
as Piccola (uncredited)
Salvatore Vicari
as Alfio (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti
Director
Willy Ferrero
Original Music Composer
Paul Ronald
Still Photographer
Music Coordinator
Conductor
Aiace Parolin
Assistant Camera
Vittorio Trentino
Sound
Salvo D'Angelo
Producer
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Anna Davini
Production Manager
G.R. Aldo
Director of Photography
Giovanni Verga
Novel
Gianni Di Venanzo
Camera Operator
Screenplay
Francesco Rosi
Assistant Director
Domenico Dubbini
Boom Operator
Ovidio Del Grande
Sound Engineer
Story
Claudio Forges Davanzati
Unit Manager
Franco Zeffirelli
Nello Nutarelli
Key Grip
Bruno Pasqualini
Gaffer
Mario Ronchetti
Sound Recordist
Demofilo Fidani
Assistant Director Trainee
Renato Silvestri