Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his parents pressure him to seek his fortune in the North. Gennarino would never leave his beloved island if he had not stumbled into a love affair with Donna Egeria, wife of the Mafia boss Don Mimì. To escape certain revenge, he boards a goods train. In a dream, Saint Totino appears to him and promises him protection in exchange for a regulated life. He thus arrives in Milan, where he meets Armida, a woman of the streets, who takes him into her home and makes him her protector and lover. But San Totino appears again to Gennarino and reproaches him for being a kept man: he must work and Armida must change her life.
Cast
Giancarlo Giannini
Gennarino Laganà
Mariangela Melato
Armida
Stefania Sandrelli
Clarabella
Massimo Mollica
Pappalucerna
Cecilia Polizzi
Donna Egeria
Sal Borgese
Cicciuzzo (as Sal Borgese)
Giuliana Calandra
Zuava
Enzo Liberti
Commendatore
Salvatore Billa
Unknown
Marina Boccini
Unknown
Grazia Di Marzà
Unknown
Mario Donatone
Unknown
Adriana Giuffrè
Unknown
Sonia Otero
Unknown
Crew
Sergio Corbucci
Director, Writer
Giancarlo Giannini
Writer
Gianni Romoli
Writer
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Alessandro Baragli
Assistant Editor
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Mimmola Girosi
Assistant Director
Piero La Mantia
Producer
Marco Dentici
Production Design
Maurizio Millenotti
Costume Design
Alfredo Marazzi
Makeup Artist
Carmelo La Bionda
Music
Michelangelo La Bionda
Music