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.

• Titanus
• Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
• Broderick Crawford
• Giulietta Masina
• Richard Basehart
• Franco Fabrizi
• Sue Ellen Blake
• Irene Cefaro
• Alberto De Amicis
• Lorella De Luca