"Five forty-year-old boys, who had been soldiers together, find themselves, once again in uniform, for a forty-day update period, during which they should learn the use of a new NATO-supplied missile."
Aldo Maccione
as Otello Cesarini
Alberto Lionello
as Giovanni Crippa
Venantino Venantini
as Sergeant Sconocchia
Stefano Satta Flores
as Alessio
Adriana Russo
as Valeria Sabbioni
Gigi Reder
as Colonel Luigi Placidi
Paola Quattrini
as Sofia, Pietro's Wife
Carlo Giuffrè
as Baron Francesco Paternò
Anna Maria Rizzoli
as Immacolata, Francesco's Wife
Renzo Montagnani
as Pietro Bianchi
Sandra Milo
as Zaira Bergamelli
Olga Karlatos
as Elena
Silvia Dionisio
as Marina
Nello Pazzafini
as Lover of Zaira
Carmen Russo
as Otello's Client
Maria Tedeschi
as Aunt Agata
Elisa Mainardi
as Othello's mother
Ennio Antonelli
as Soldier in the dormitory
Luciano Zanussi
as Soldier
Eolo Capritti
as Man in the nightclub
Maria Pia Cafiero
as Dancing Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Luciano Salce
Director
Teodoro Corrà
Story
Augusto Caminito
Screenplay
Carlo Leva
Production Design
Antonio Siciliano
Editor
Sergio Rubini
Director of Photography
Line Producer
Pietro Bregni
Producer
Roberto Palmerini
First Assistant Director
Marisa Agostini
Script Supervisor
Enrico Savelloni
Administration
Mario Olivieri
Unit Manager
Giuseppe Cicconi
Production Secretary
Michele Pensato
Camera Operator
Stefania Trani
Makeup Artist
Iolanda Conti
Hairstylist
Furio Rocchi
Gaffer
Giuseppe Raimondi
Key Grip
Giulia De Riu
Costume Design
Antonio Pantano
Sound
Andrea Caterini
Assistant Editor
Mario Bregni
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer