Anna Zaccheo is a beautiful young woman from a working class Neapolitan family. Her main concern is to find herself a suitable husband. She meets a young sailor Andrea one day and gets engaged to him. But while she is waiting for Andrea to return from the navy she gets raped by her boss. Her life suddenly takes a downward spiral.
Silvana Pampanini
as Anna Zaccheo
Amedeo Nazzari
as Il dottor Illuminato
Massimo Girotti
as Andrea Grazzi
Umberto Spadaro
as Don Antonio Percucoco
Monica Clay
as La signora Illuminato
Anna Galasso
as La signora Zaccheo
Dora Scarpetta
as Caterina
Agostino Salvietti
as L'antiquario
Edoardo Inperatrice
as Peppinello Zaccheo - fratello di Anna
Franco Bologna
as Pasquale Zaccheo, fratello di Anna
Giovanni Berardi
as Il signor Zaccheo
Enrico Glori
as Il proprietario del cinema
