In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
Cast
Peppino De Filippo
Checco Dal Monte
Carla Del Poggio
Liliana "Lilly" Antonelli
Giulietta Masina
Melina Amour
John Kitzmiller
Trumpet Player Johnny
Dante Maggio
Remo
Checco Durante
Theater Owner
Gina Mascetti
Valeria del Sole
Giulio Calì
Magician Edison Will
Silvio Bagolini
Bruno Antonini
Giacomo Furia
Duke
Mario De Angelis
Maestro
Vanja Orico
Moema - Brazilian Singer
Enrico Piergentili
Melina's Father
Renato Malavasi
Hotelkeeper
Joseph Falletta
Pistolero Bill
Folco Lulli
Adelmo Conti
Carlo Romano
Enzo La Rosa
Fanny Marchiò
Soubrette
Franca Valeri
Mitzy - Hungarian Designer
Alberto Bonucci
Night Club Comic
Vittorio Caprioli
Night Club Comic
Carlo Bianco
Pianist Russo (uncredited)
Patrizia Caronti
(uncredited)
Rina Dei
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Italo Dragosei
Night Guard (uncredited)
Alberto Lattuada
Theater Attendant (uncredited)
Barbara Leite
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Michele Malaspina
Adelmo Conti (voice) (uncredited)
Giovanna Ralli
(uncredited)
Marco Tulli
Torello's Assistant (uncredited)
Crew
Federico Fellini
Director, Screenplay, Story, Associate Producer
Alberto Lattuada
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
Ennio Flaiano
Screenplay
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Otello Martelli
Director of Photography
Augusto Carloni
First Assistant Director
Massimo Mida
First Assistant Director
Angelo D'Alessandro
Second Assistant Director
Mario Ingrami
Production Coordinator
Gastone Rotellini
Production Supervisor
Aldo Buzzi
Production Design, Costume Design
Luciano Trasatti
Camera Operator
Roberto Gerardi
Camera Operator
Argentina Ferri
Hairstylist
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist
Felice Lattuada
Original Music Composer
Luigi Gervasi
Set Decoration
Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Bianca Lattuada
Production Manager
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
