Francesco Improta is an honest fruit and vegetable peddler who lives with his elderly mother Assunta and daughter Fiorella. His wife Lucia left home two years earlier, as, in order to help the family, she did not hesitate to give herself to the boss Peppino Ascalone, with whom she is now forced to live together.
Antonio Allocca
Pasqualino

Sergio Castellitto
Scapricciatiello

Lucio Montanaro
Ciccio

John Benedy
Claudio Scaraffone