Totò as Totò Esposito

Paolo Stoppa as Il caporale

Fiorella Mari as Sonia

Agnese Dubbini as The mother of Mimi

Franca Faldini as Gabrielle - the editor of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Rosita Pisano as Filomena Ossobucco

Mara Werlen as Mimi

Vincent Barbi as Mr. Black's secretary

Nerio Bernardi as The psychiatrist

Gino Buzzanca as The director of the film about Nero

Loris Gizzi as The tenor

Vinicio Sofia as Cesarino Ossobucco

Henri Vidon as The German doctor

Sylva Koscina as The aspiring actress

Gildo Bocci as A witness

Pasquale De Filippo as The operator of the film about Nero

Giacomo Furia as Nero's interpreter

Mario Passante as The German sergeant

Denise Carpenter as The other dancer (uncredited)

Salvo Libassi as An editor of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (uncredited)

Nicola Maldacea Jr. as The first cop (uncredited)

Romano Molani as The second cop (uncredited)

Gina Rovere as A dancer (uncredited)

Alessandro Tedeschi as The Nazi doctor (uncredited)