The Posalaquaglia cousins are two small scammers and make a living of expedients: Dante receives as recognition for Tommaso a bill of one hundred thousand lire from the famous financier Bruscatelli, who ends up in prison immediately afterwards.
Vittorio Gassman
as Michele
Ugo Tognazzi
as Alfredo Balzarini
Totò
as Cesare Posalaquaglia
Sylva Koscina
as Odette Mercury
Giorgia Moll
as Maria
Peppino De Filippo
as Peppino Posalaquaglia
Erminio Macario
as Tommaso
Raimondo Vianello
as Olimpio
Paolo Ferrari
as Ottavio
Aroldo Tieri
as Commendator Pierluigi Bruscatelli
Luigi Pavese
as propriétaire
Lia Zoppelli
as La moglie di Alfredo