"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
Giovanni Olivi
Assistant Set Decoration
Aldo Pomilia
Production Secretary
Alberto Bartolomei
Sound
Ermanno Donati
Producer
Alberto Boccianti
Production Design
Steno
Screenplay
Mario Tota
Script Supervisor
Giancarlo Sambucini
Second Assistant Director
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Alberto Liberati
Story
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
Gino Brosio
Set Decoration
Maria Baroni
Costume Design
Luigi Carpentieri
Fede Arnaud
Lucio Fulci
Mariano Laurenti
First Assistant Director
Ornella Micheli
Assistant Editor
Sandro Continenza
Giuseppe Rotunno
Camera Operator
Renata Longari
Hairstylist
Marco Scarpelli
Director of Photography
Giancarlo Viganotti
Piero Donati
Production Supervisor
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Romolo De Martino
Makeup Artist
Silvio Clementelli
Production Manager