In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
Valentina Cortese
as La ragazza
Andrea Checchi
as Il giovane
Nando Bruno
as Il ladro
Marisa Merlini
as Mara
Gar Moore
as Lo statunitense
Vittorio De Sica
as Il signore distinto
Manlio Busoni
as Il falsario
Fedele Gentile
as Il ricettatore
Francesco Grandjacquet
as Il padrone della bisca
Rossano Licari
as
Ave Ninchi
as L'affittacamere
Ennio Flaiano
as Il questorino (uncredited)
