"September 1943: in the general confusion a thief dressed as a priest and a sergeant exchange clothes and roles."
Totò
as Antonio Capurro
Vittorio De Sica
as Maresciallo Vittorio Cotone
Gianni Agus
as Podestà Achille Pennica
Arturo Bragaglia
as Don Nicola
Franco Giacobini
as Basilio Meneghetti, il ladro di galline
Elvi Lissiak
as Vanda
Roland Bartrop
as tenente Kessler
Olimpia Cavalli
as Immacolata Di Rosa
Mario Laurentino
as medico
Riccardo Olivieri
as Carlo
Inger Milton
as Lia
Bruno Corelli
as avvocato Benegatti
Mimmo Poli
as Postino
Mario De Simone
as derubato alla stazione
Mario Castellani
as ladro
Edgardo Siroli
as miliziano
Renato Terra
as
Bruno Corbucci
Screenplay
Giovanni Grimaldi
Sandro Continenza
Ugo Guerra
Story
Marcello Fondato
Giorgio Giovannini
Production Design
Armando Morandi
Production Manager
Aldo Ascenzi
Makeup Artist
Idea
Stelvio Massi
Camera Operator
First Assistant Director
Guido Zurli
William Menarini
Production Secretary
Gianni Buffardi
Producer
Giulio Tagliacozzo
Sound
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Renato Fait
Assistant Camera
Anna Maria Papi
Assistant Costume Designer
Ettore Cerchi
Hairstylist
Renata Clerici
Script Supervisor
Hanzi Axerio
Set Decoration
Egidio Quarantotto
Giuliano Papi
Costume Design
Enzo Barboni
Director of Photography
Sergio Corbucci
Director
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer