"Gino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with Bruno, his young son. Gino ends up in the crosshairs of the social worker Dr. Angela De Maria, and he is forced to find an honest job."
Tomas Milian
as Gino Quirino
Giovanna Ralli
as Dott.ssa Angela De Maria
Paco Fabrini
as Bruno Quirino
Armando Pugliese
as Rosario
Adriana Russo
as Angela
Clara Colosimo
as Assistente sociale
Ennio Antonelli
as Muratore
Massimo Pittarello
as Mammola
Tom Felleghy
as Giudice
Valentino Simeoni
as Carcerato
Nello Pazzafini
as Autista atac (uncredited)
Luciano Foti
as uomo allo sportello (uncredited)
Paolo Fiorino
as
Felice D'Alisera
Production Manager
Bruno Cascio
Assistant Camera
Iolanda Angelucci
Hairstylist
Enrico Lucidi
Camera Operator
Alfonso Avincola
Still Photographer
Franco Di Girolamo
Makeup Department Head
Ottavio Jemma
Story
Mirella Malatesta
Script Supervisor
Maria Pia Rocco
First Assistant Director
Roberta Petrini
Makeup Artist
Loredana Cruciani
Assistant Editor
Enrico Oldoini
Giovanni Natalucci
Assistant Production Design
Matteo Giordano
Key Grip
Vincenzo Di Santo
Bertilla Silvestrin
Seamstress
Armando Moreschini
Gaffer
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Luca D'Alisera
Production Secretary
Domenico Dubbini
Sound
Gianfranco Torinti
Screenplay
Amedeo Salfa
Editor
Giantito Burchiellaro
Production Design
Luigi De Laurentiis
Producer
Giancarlo Ferrando
Director of Photography
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Director
Aurelio De Laurentiis
Detto Mariano
Original Music Composer
Nicoletta Ercole
Costume Design