"Ignazio Panizza goes from one failure to the other until he meets a singer, Caterina, provided with an exceptional voice."
Carlo Dapporto
as Ignazio Panizza detto Gardenio
Nilla Pizzi
as Caterina Lari
Sophia Loren
as Marisa
Mario Carotenuto
as Commendator Tittoni
Gianni Cavalieri
as Sep
Fiorenzo Fiorentini
as Pippo
Carlo Sposito
as Poppo
Gianni Agus
as Il lettore di pubblicità
Giusi Raspani Dandolo
as La lettrice di pubblicità
Maria Gloria Crociani
as Agata
Lily Granado
as Pamela
Alberto Talegalli
as Ciccio
Alberto Sordi
as Mario Pio al telefono
Franco Migliacci
as Michel
Lino Robi
as Mezzometro
Ennio Girolami
as Uno spettatore intransigente
Mario Passante
as Padrone del teatrino
Wilma Arys
as Soubrettina
Janet Vidor
as Annunciatrice Radiofonica
Franco Giacobini
as Funzionario RAI
Cino Tortorella
as Catalani
Valerio Poggi
as
Franco Marturano
Anthony Steffen
Paolo Stoppa
as Voce (uncredited)
Mauro Bolognini
Director
Aldo Pomilia
Production Secretary
Giuseppe Rotunno
Camera Operator
Marco Scarpelli
Director of Photography
Giovanni Olivi
Assistant Set Decoration
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound
Mario Tota
Script Supervisor
Steno
Screenplay
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Renata Longari
Hairstylist
Gino Brosio
Set Decoration
Maria Baroni
Costume Design
Romolo De Martino
Makeup Artist
Silvio Clementelli
Production Manager
Lucio Fulci
Mariano Laurenti
First Assistant Director
Alberto Liberati
Story
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
Fede Arnaud
Sandro Continenza
Ornella Micheli
Assistant Editor
Alberto Boccianti
Production Design
Giancarlo Sambucini
Piero Donati
Production Supervisor
Luigi Carpentieri
Producer
Second Assistant Director
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Ermanno Donati
Giancarlo Viganotti