"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
Screenplay
Cesare Frugoni
Director
Piero La Mantia
Producer
Piero Tosi
Costume Design
Guerrino Del Vecchio
Production Secretary
Umberto Tavi
Administration
Maria Gloria Eminente
Script Supervisor
Marco Cristiani
Assistant Camera
Enzo Diliberto
Foley Artist
Rosa Mariani
Piero Piccioni
Original Music Composer
Fulvio Marcolin
First Assistant Director
Claudio Nannuzzi
Alvaro Rossi
Makeup Artist
Marcello Gabriele
Gaffer
Giulio Diamanti
Key Grip
Roberto Arcangeli
Stefano Maria Ortolani
Assistant Production Design
Enrico Appetito
Still Photographer
Carlo Diappi
Assistant Costume Designer
Stefania Santinelli
Hairstylist
Gianni Zampagni
Boom Operator
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Aldo Signoretti
Riccardo Dolci
Gilberto Provenghi
Rocco Roy Mangano
Sound
Franco D'Andria
Set Decoration
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects
Ruggero Cappelli
Unit Manager
Bruna Parmesan
Gianni D'Amico
Sound Mixer
Molière
Theatre Play
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Alberto Verso
Giovanni Loffreda
Daniele Nannuzzi
Franco Rufini
Gabriella Borzelli
Nino Baragli
Editor
Rosetta Sestili
Bruno Palazzi
Armando Nannuzzi
Director of Photography
Michele Marsala
Line Producer
Alessandro Baragli
Assistant Editor
Elvira Tonini