Rome, 1825. Bishop Rivarola and Colonel Nardoni are in charge of suppressing the liberal revolution. Shoemaker Cornacchia got the information that the liberal Filippo Spada is a spy and is going to denounce his revolutionary companions.
Nino Manfredi
as Cornacchia
Enrico Maria Salerno
as Captain Nardoni
Claudia Cardinale
as Giuditta Di Castro
Robert Hossein
as Leonida Montanari
Renaud Verley
as Angelo Targhini
Alberto Sordi
as The Friar
Stelvio Rosi
as ufficiale guardie
Ugo Tognazzi
as Cardinal Agostino Rivarola
Pippo Franco
as Bellachioma
Enzo Cerusico
as uno dei carbonari
Britt Ekland
as Princess Spada
Stefano Oppedisano
as ragazzo ubriaco