Cast
Totò
Don Felice Sciosciammocca
Sophia Loren
Gemma
Enzo Turco
Pasquale
Dolores Palumbo
Luisella
Gianni Cavalieri
Gaetano
Franca Faldini
Nadia
Carlo Croccolo
Luigino
Giuseppe Porelli
Ottavio
Valeria Moriconi
Pupella
Franco Pastorino
Eugenio
Franco Sportelli
Vincenzo
Enzo Petito
Don Gioacchino
Leo Brandi
Il cafone ignorante
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