"A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars."
Totò
as Salvatore Lojacono
Vera Molnar
as Agnese
Nyta Dover
as Dance Marathon Girl
Franca Faldini
as Maria
Giacomo Rondinella
as Singing Prisoner
Leopoldo Trieste
as Abramo Piperno
Fernando Milani
as Otello Torquati
Eugenio Orlandi
as Romolo Torquati
Augusta Mancini
as Mrs. Teresa
Maria Bon Roseto
as Miss Maria
Giacomo Gabrielli
as Torquato Torquati
Andrea Compagnoni
as Nandino Torquati
Thea Zubin
as Thea, the Housemaid
Ines Fiorentini
as Amalia Torquatti
Ines Targas
as Dance Marathon Champion
Fred
Aronne
Armando Annuale
as Boarder (uncredited)
Luciano Bonanni
Mario Castellani
as Public Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ugo D'Alessio
as Judge (uncredited)
Andrea De Pino
Pasquale Fortunato
as (uncredited)
Luigi Giacosi
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Salvo Libassi
as Commissioner (uncredited)
Fortunato Misiano
Nino Misiano
Pasquale Misiano
Antonio Nicotra
as Marshal (uncredited)
Vincenzo Talarico
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Giancarlo Zarfati
as Boy in the Street (uncredited)
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Giuseppe Morelli
Conductor
Armando Soscipi
Set Decoration
Luciano Tonti
Camera Operator
Emimmo Salvi
Unit Manager
Trento Petrella
Production Secretary
Sandro Corbo
Script Supervisor
Story
Vitaliano Brancati
Screenplay
Ennio Flaiano
Antonio Pietrangeli
Nando Pisani
Production Manager
Paolo Uccello
Sound
Marcello Caracciolo Di Laurino
First Assistant Director
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Dino De Laurentiis
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Jolanda Benvenuti
Editor
Flavio Mogherini
Production Design
Virgilio Marchi
Federico Fellini
Second Unit Director
Lucio Fulci