Franco Citti as Vittorio 'Accattone' Cataldi

Franca Pasut as Stella

Silvana Corsini as Maddalena

Paola Guidi as Ascenza

Adriana Asti as Amore

Luciano Conti as Il Moicano

Luciano Gonini as Piede d'Oro

Renato Capogna as Il Capogna

Alfredo Leggi as Pupo Biondo

Galeazzo Riccardi as Il Cipolla

Leonardo Muraglia as Mommoletto

Giuseppe Ristagno as Peppe il Folle

Roberto Giovannoni as Il Tedesco

Mario Cipriani as Balilla

Roberto Scaringella as Cartagine

Silvio Citti as Sabino

Giovanni Orgitano as Lo Scucchia

Piero Morgia as Pio

Umberto Bevilacqua as Salvatore

Franco Bevilacqua as Franco

Amerigo Bevilacqua as Amerigo

Sergio Fioravanti as Gennarino

Adele Cambria as Nannina

Adriano Mazzelli as Il Cliente di Amore

Mario Castiglione as Mario

Dino Frondi as Dino

Tommaso Nuovo as Tommaso

Romolo Orazi as Suocero di Accattone

Massimo Cacciafeste as Cognato di Accattone

Francesco Orazi as Il Burino

Mario Guerani as Il Commissario

Stefano D'Arrigo as Il Giudice Istruttore

Enrico Fioravanti as Primo Agente

Nino Russo as Secondo Agente

Edgardo Siroli as Primo Farlocco

Renato Terra as Secondo Farlocco

Emanuele Di Bari as Sor Pietro

Franco Marucci as Franco

Carlo Sardoni as Carlo

Adriana Moneta as Margheritona

Polidor as Becchino

Danilo Alleva as Iaio

Sergio Citti as Il Cameriere

Elsa Morante as Una Detenuta

Gabriele Baldini as Intellettuale (uncredited)

Franco Venditti as Ragazzo (uncredited)

Luisa Loiano as Amica prostituta nel ristorante