 | Silvana Mangano als Teresa (segment "Teresa") |
 | Sophia Loren als Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit) |
 | Eduardo De Filippo als Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore") |
 | Paolo Stoppa als Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit) |
 | Erno Crisa als Don Nicola (segment "Teresa") |
 | Totò als Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
 | Lianella Carell als Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo") |
 | Giacomo Furia als Rosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit) |
 | Tina Pica als Old woman (segment "Il professore") |
 | Alberto Farnese als Alfredo, Sofia's lover (segment Pizza on a Credit) |
 | Tecla Scarano als Don Peppino's friend (segment Pizza on a Credit) |
 | Pasquale Cennamo als Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo") |
 | Agostino Salvietti als Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo") |
 | Pasquale Tartaro als Cafiero (segment Pizza on Credit) |
| Teresa De Vita als La madre (segment "Funeralino") |
 | Vittorio De Sica als Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori") |
| Pierino Bilancioni als Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori") |
| Lars Borgström als Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori") |
| Mario Passante als Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori") |
| Ubaldo Maestri als Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa") |
| Nino Imparato als Gennaro (segment "Il professore") |
| Gianni Crosio als Alfonso Maria di Sant'Agata dei Fornai (segment "Il professore") |
| Roberto De Simone als Umberto Scognamiglio (segment Pizza on Credit) (uncredited) |
| Rosetta Dei als (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited) |
| Irene Montaldo als La contessa B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited) |
 | Gigi Reder als Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited) |
 | Nino Vingelli als Guappo (segment "Il guappo") (uncredited) |
| Vittorio De Sica | Director |
| Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Vittorio De Sica | Screenplay |
| Giuseppe Marotta | Screenplay |
| Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Carlo Montuori | Director of Photography |
| Eraldo Da Roma | Editor |
| Gastone Medin | Production Design |
| Ferdinando Ruffo | Set Decoration |
| Pia Marchesi | Costume Design |
| Nino Misiano | Production Manager |
| Giuseppe Marotta | Novel |
| Elmo De Sica | Production Secretary |
| Mario Abussi | Production Secretary |
| Giuseppe Barbaro | Administration |
| Luisa Alessandri | First Assistant Director |
| Franco Montemurro | First Assistant Director |
| Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Biagio Fiorelli | Sound |
| Bruno Moreal | Sound |
| Goffredo Bellisario | Camera Operator |
| Marcella Benvenuti | Assistant Editor |
| Franca Carotenuto | Script Supervisor |
| Marcello Girosi | Executive Producer |
| Roberto Moretti | Unit Manager |
