"Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito."
Totò
as Ferdinando Esposito
Aldo Fabrizi
as Brigadiere Bottoni
Ave Ninchi
as Giovanna Bottoni
William Tubbs
as Mr. Locuzzo, the Tourist
Pina Piovani
as Donata Esposito
Rossana Podestà
as Liliana Bottoni
Ernesto Almirante
as Il padre di Esposito
Pietro Carloni
as Commissario
Mario Castellani
as Amilcare
Carlo Delle Piane
as Libero Esposito
Aldo Giuffrè
as Socio di Esposito
Gino Leurini
as Alfredo
Paolo Modugno
as Paolo Bottoni
Aldo Alimonti
as Street Boy
Riccardo Antolini
as The Janitor
Ciro Berardi
as Tavern Owner
Luciano Bonanni
as The Second Barber
Giulio Calì
as The Beggar
Alida Cappellini
as Bice Esposito
Rocco D'Assunta
as Client in Tavern
Armando Guarnieri
as The Barber
Ettore Jannetti
as Master of Ceremony
Gino Scotti
as The Vice-Commissioner
Mario Monicelli
Director
Steno
Nicolò Pomilia
Unit Manager
Piero Tellini
Story
Vitaliano Brancati
Screenplay
Ennio Flaiano
Ruggero Maccari
Rudy Bauer
Second Assistant Director
Corrado Bartoloni
Camera Operator
Biagio Fiorelli
Sound
Aldo Calpini
Ines Bruschi
Script Supervisor
Bruno Todini
Production Manager
Mario Mariani
First Assistant Director
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Franco Fraticelli
Editor
Adriana Novelli
Flavio Mogherini
Production Design
Set Decoration
Mario Bava
Director of Photography