"Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito."
Totò
as Ferdinando Esposito
Aldo Fabrizi
as Brigadiere Bottoni
Ave Ninchi
as Giovanna Bottoni
William Tubbs
as Mr. Locuzzo, the Tourist
Pina Piovani
as Donata Esposito
Rossana Podestà
as Liliana Bottoni
Ernesto Almirante
as Il padre di Esposito
Pietro Carloni
as Commissario
Mario Castellani
as Amilcare
Carlo Delle Piane
as Libero Esposito
Aldo Giuffrè
as Socio di Esposito
Gino Leurini
as Alfredo
Paolo Modugno
as Paolo Bottoni
Aldo Alimonti
as Street Boy
Riccardo Antolini
as The Janitor
Ciro Berardi
as Tavern Owner
Luciano Bonanni
as The Second Barber
Giulio Calì
as The Beggar
Alida Cappellini
as Bice Esposito
Rocco D'Assunta
as Client in Tavern
Armando Guarnieri
as The Barber
Ettore Jannetti
as Master of Ceremony
Gino Scotti
as The Vice-Commissioner
Steno
Director
Mario Monicelli
Nicolò Pomilia
Unit Manager
Corrado Bartoloni
Camera Operator
Aldo Calpini
Sound
Screenplay
Ruggero Maccari
Biagio Fiorelli
Piero Tellini
Story
Ennio Flaiano
Vitaliano Brancati
Rudy Bauer
Second Assistant Director
Ines Bruschi
Script Supervisor
Bruno Todini
Production Manager
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer
Mario Mariani
First Assistant Director
Flavio Mogherini
Production Design
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Franco Fraticelli
Editor
Set Decoration
Adriana Novelli
Carlo Ponti
Mario Bava
Director of Photography