Vittorio Gassman as Giovanni Busacca

Alberto Sordi as Oreste Jacovacci

Silvana Mangano as Costantina

Folco Lulli as Bordin

Bernard Blier as Capitano Castelli

Romolo Valli as Tenente Gallina

Vittorio Sanipoli as Maggiore Venturi

Nicola Arigliano as Giardino

Mario Valdemarin as Sottotenente Lorenzi

Tiberio Mitri as Mandich

Livio Lorenzon as Sergente Barriferri

Tiberio Murgia as Rosario Nicotra

Carlo D'Angelo as Capitano Ferri

Achille Compagnoni as Il Cappellano

Marcello Giorda as Generale

Geronimo Meynier as Il Portadoni

Elsa Vazzoler as Moglie di Bordin

Ferruccio Amendola as De Concini

Guido Celano as Maggiore

Luigi Fainelli as Giacomazzi

Gérard Herter as Capitano Austriaco

Mario Feliciani as (uncredited)

Gianni Baghino as Soldier on Train (uncredited)

Mario Colli as (uncredited)

Mario Frera as (uncredited)

Mario Mazza as (uncredited)

Gian Luigi Polidoro as (uncredited)

Edda Ferronao as (uncredited)

Leandro Punturi as (uncredited)