Anna Magnani as Serafina Delle Rose

Burt Lancaster as Alvaro Mangiacavallo

Marisa Pavan as Rosa Delle Rose

Ben Cooper as Seaman Jack Hunter

Virginia Grey as Estelle Hohengarten

Jo Van Fleet as Bessie

Sandro Giglio as Father De Leo

Mimi Aguglia as Assunta

Florence Sundstrom as Flora

Don Bachardy as Passenger in the Back Seat of a Car (uncredited)

Larry Chance as Rosario Delle Rose (uncredited)

Lewis Charles as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

George Humbert as Pop Mangiacavallo (uncredited)

Dorrit Kelton as Schoolteacher (uncredited)

May Lee as Mamma Shigura (Tattoo Artist) (uncredited)

Augusta Merighi as Giuseppina (uncredited)

Rosa Rey as Mariella (uncredited)

Rossana San Marco as Peppina (uncredited)

Georgia Simmons as The Strega (uncredited)

Zolya Talma as Miss Mangiacavallo (uncredited)

Fred Taylor as Grocery Cashier (uncredited)

Hal B. Wallis as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)

Tennessee Williams as Man at Mardi Gras Club (uncredited)