

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.

Broderick Crawford
Augusto

Giulietta Masina
Iris

Richard Basehart
Carlo

Franco Fabrizi
Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake
Susanna

Irene Cefaro
Marisa
Alberto De Amicis
Rinaldo

Lorella De Luca
Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter
Giacomo Gabrielli
Baron Vargas

Riccardo Garrone
Riccardo