Anna Magnani as Egle

Giulietta Masina as Lina

Myriam Bru as Vittorina

Cristina Gaïoni as Marietta Mugnari

Anita Durante as Assunta

Milly as Sister Giuseppina

Marcella Rovena as Signora Luisa

Miranda Campa as Ida Maroni

Saro Urzì as Maresciallo del carcere

Renato Salvatori as Piero

Alberto Sordi as Antonio Zampi

Marcella Valeri as Detenuta cartomante

Angela Portaluri as Laura

Umberto Spadaro as Direttore del carcere

Sergio Fantoni as Giudice instruttore

Winni Riva as

Gina Rovere as Delia

Elda Bardelli as

Manzilla Ercolani as

Renata Frati as

Luigina Giustini as

Lia Grani as

Mirella Gregori as

Alba Maiolini as Sara

Maria Marchi as

Marisa Natale as Paola

Mara Oscuro as Una contadina

Ada Passeri as Moby Dick

Paola Piscini as La scopina della prima sezione

Rossana Trinca as

Pia Velsi as Una suora

Nando Checchi as

Mariù Gleck as