Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.
Broderick Crawford
Augusto
Giulietta Masina
Iris
Richard Basehart
Carlo
Franco Fabrizi
Roberto
Sue Ellen Blake
Susanna
Irene Cefaro
Marisa
Alberto De Amicis
Rinaldo
Lorella De Luca
Patrizia, Augusto's Daughter
