
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Cast

Vittorio De Sica
Maresciallo Carotenuto

Gina Lollobrigida
La Bersagliera

Marisa Merlini
Annarella

Tina Pica
Caramella

Maria Pia Casilio
Paoletta

Memmo Carotenuto
Carabiniere Baiocchi

Roberto Risso
Carabiniere Stelluti

Virgilio Riento
Don Emidio

Vittoria Crispo
Madre della Bersagliera

Guglielmo Barnabò
Il sindaco

Gigi Reder
Ricuccio

Mario Meniconi
Matteo

Nino Vingelli
Venditore ambulante

Checco Rissone
Barbiere
Attilio Torelli
Rumbumbù

Alfredo Rizzo
Brigadiere Squinzi
Violetta Gragnani
Moglie di Squinzi

Fausto Guerzoni
Uomo col cannocchiale

Giulio Battiferri
Vice Brigadiere Bolognini

Ada Colangeli
Una comare intrigante
Marcella Melnati
La nonna di Ricuccio
Adriana Parrella
Anna Mirziato (voice)

Amalia Pellegrini
La nonna di Matteo

Nietta Zocchi
Una comare intrigante
Crew

Luigi Comencini
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ettore Maria Margadonna
Screenplay, Story, Dialogue
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Arturo Gallea
Director of Photography
Luisa Alessandri
First Assistant Director
Franco Montemurro
First Assistant Director
Marcello Girosi
Executive Producer

Goffredo Lombardo
Producer
Gastone Medin
Production Design
Armando Nannuzzi
Camera Operator
Claudio Cirillo
Assistant Camera
Liliana Celli
Hairstylist
Umberto De Martino
Makeup Artist
Paolo Ketoff
Sound
Alessandro Cicognini
Original Music Composer

Ugo Pericoli
Set Decoration
Nino Misiano
Production Manager
Roberto Moretti
Unit Manager
Sergio Banti
Unit Manager
Ugo Giacomozzi
Conductor
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