Alberto Sordi as Vincenzo Berruti / Marsicano / Don Giuseppe / Conte Momi Crosara

Monica Vitti as Dolores

Eleonora Rossi Drago as Clelia

Silvana Mangano as Vittoria

Guido Celano as fratellastro di Vittoria

Alberto Fogliani as Il sindaco

Liana Del Balzo as la madre di Dolores

Albino Principe as Il vescovo

Gianluigi Crescenzi as Fantuzzi

Lars Bloch as Un fisico

Lello Bersani as Reporter

Carlo Mazzarella as Reporter

Piero Morgia as Un appuntato

Graziella Polesinanti as Contessa Crosara

Erika Blanc as Extra (uncredited)