 | Marcello Mastroianni als Ferdinando Cefalù |
 | Daniela Rocca als Rosalia Cefalù |
 | Stefania Sandrelli als Angela |
 | Leopoldo Trieste als Carmelo Patanè |
 | Odoardo Spadaro als Don Gaetano Cefalù |
 | Margherita Girelli als Sisina |
| Angela Cardile als Agnese Cefalù |
 | Lando Buzzanca als Rosario Mulè |
| Pietro Tordi als Attorney De Marzi |
| Ugo Torrente als Don Calogero |
| Antonio Acqua als Priest |
| Bianca Castagnetta als Donna Matilde Cefalù |
| Giovanni Fassiolo als Don Ciccio Matara |
| Ignazio Roberto Daidone |
| Francesco Nicastro |
| Edy Nogara |
 | Renato Pinciroli |
 | Daniela Igliozzi |
| Laura Tomiselli als Aunt Fifidda |
 | Saro Arcidiacono als Dr. Talamone (uncredited) |
| Renzo Marignano als Communist Party Activist (uncredited) |
 | Bruno Bertocci als Man in the Square (uncredited) |
| Pietro Fumelli als Judge (uncredited) |
 | Alba Maiolini als Woman in the Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Pietro Germi | Director |
| Carlo Di Palma | Director of Photography |
| Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Roberto Cinquini | Editor |
| Dina Di Bari | Costume Design |
| Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
| Carlo Rustichelli | Original Music Composer |
| Alfredo Giannetti | Story |
| Alfredo Giannetti | Screenplay |
| Ennio De Concini | Story |
| Ennio De Concini | Screenplay |
| Pietro Germi | Story |
| Pietro Germi | Screenplay |
| Mirta Guarnaschelli | Continuity |
| Aiace Parolin | Camera Operator |
| Arturo Zavattini | Camera Operator |
| Gastone Di Giovanni | Camera Operator |
| Franco Freda | Makeup Artist |
| Divo Cavicchioli | Still Photographer |
| Fiorenzo Magli | Sound Engineer |
| Antonio Bramonti | Boom Operator |
| Sergio Canevari | Set Decoration |
| Sergio Montanari | Assistant Editor |
| Mario Morra | Assistant Editor |
| Luigi Urbini | Conductor |
| Guglielmo Colonna | Production Manager |
| Leonida Barboni | Director of Photography |
| Renzo Marignano | First Assistant Director |
| Enzo Battaglia | Second Assistant Director |
| Mirta Guarnaschelli | Script Supervisor |
| Carlo Bartolini | Production Supervisor |
| Alessandro Gori | Production Supervisor |
| Rodolfo Frattaioli | Production Secretary |
| Lamberto Pippia | Production Secretary |
| Alfredo Palmieri | Assistant Camera |
| Gianni Antinori | Assistant Camera |
| Giovanni Ciarlo | Assistant Camera |
| Giovanni Checchi | Set Decoration |
| Raffaele Cristini | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Piero Speziali | Administration |
