"During the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servants to look after him, while his wife is only waiting to see him dead to inherit."
Alberto Sordi
as Don Argante
Laura Antonelli
as Tonietta
Giuliana De Sio
as Angelica
Stefano Satta Flores
as Notaio
Carlo Bagno
as il dottor Anzalone
Vittorio Caprioli
as Vincenzo
Christian De Sica
as Claudio Anzalone
Ettore Manni
as Amministratore
Marina Vlady
as Lucrezia
Bernard Blier
as Dr. Purgone
Eros Pagni
as Il dottore
Dino Emanuelli
as assistente dottor Purgone
Laura Lattuada
as Luigina, la figlia di Lucrezia
David Pontremoli
as Claudio
Valerio Isidori
as
Franco Merli
Mattia Pinoli
Pietro Torrisi
Victoria Zinny
as Contadina
Tonino Cervi
Director
Screenplay
Cesare Frugoni
Piero La Mantia
Producer
Molière
Theatre Play
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Alberto Verso
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Nino Baragli
Editor
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
Michele Marsala
Line Producer
Ruggero Cappelli
Unit Manager
Rosa Mariani
Production Secretary
Giovanni Loffreda
Guerrino Del Vecchio
Bruno Palazzi
Rosetta Sestili
Umberto Tavi
Administration
Fulvio Marcolin
First Assistant Director
Maria Gloria Eminente
Script Supervisor
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Daniele Nannuzzi
Marco Cristiani
Assistant Camera
Claudio Nannuzzi
Riccardo Dolci
Rocco Roy Mangano
Sound
Gianni Zampagni
Boom Operator
Alessandro Baragli
Assistant Editor
Stefano Maria Ortolani
Assistant Production Design
Franco D'Andria
Set Decoration
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Bruna Parmesan
Assistant Costume Designer
Carlo Diappi
Gilberto Provenghi
Makeup Artist
Alvaro Rossi
Franco Rufini
Aldo Signoretti
Hairstylist
Gabriella Borzelli
Stefania Santinelli
Marcello Gabriele
Gaffer
Giulio Diamanti
Key Grip
Enrico Appetito
Still Photographer
Gianni D'Amico
Sound Mixer
Roberto Arcangeli
Foley Artist
Enzo Diliberto
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects
Elvira Tonini