
Renato and Gedeon have just opened a nightclub in a disreputable area of New York, triggering the hostility of Gionata, a gang leader and owner of the nightclub across the street. Helped by the hoods of his gang, Gionata uses a couple of tricks to try and ruin his competitors. To begin with, he induces his friend Barbara, a vamp, to perform in a hot number in Renato and Gedeon's joint, so that the police intervene and close the club. The move fails, so Gionata decides to have Renatino, Renato's son, kidnapped by his men, which proves another flop. To make matters worse for Gionata, Michaela, his own daughter, has fallen in love with Renato, and sides with him and his partner...
Cast

Renato Rascel
Renato / Renatino - il suo figlio

Annie Fratellini
Michaela Gionata

Dario Fo
Pupo - il biondo

Franca Rame
Barbara

Stefano Sibaldi
L'ispettore Gordon

Peppino De Martino
Gedeone

Arturo Bragaglia
il Professore

Gino Buzzanca
Gionata Asso di picche

Carlo Hintermann
Tre Dita

Riccardo Cucciolla
Undici

Enzo Garinei
il Principe

Gisella Sofio
signora al telefono

Maria Teresa Vianello
Ilse

Elena Fancera
Galina

Mimmo Poli
Malone

Ignazio Leone
Pensylvania Bill

Dina De Santis
donna della banda di Gionata

Antonella Steni
annunciatrice televisiva
Nino Dal Fabbro
regista della trasmissione

Zoe Incrocci
signora Patrick
Crew
Guido Leoni
Director, Screenplay, Story

Dario Fo
Screenplay
Dino Verde
Screenplay, Story
Otello Colangeli
Editor
Fernanda Materni
Assistant Editor

Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Giorgio Lotta
First Assistant Director

Alberto De Martino
First Assistant Director

Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Gianni Polidori
Production Design
Aiace Parolin
Camera Operator
Pia Marchesi
Costume Design
Anna Cristofani
Hairstylist
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist
Giulio Tagliacozzo
Sound

Renato Rascel
Original Music Composer
Gino Mazzocchi
Original Music Composer
Giorgio Hermann
Set Decoration

Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Carla Fierro
Script Supervisor
Gino Mordini
Production Manager
Mariano Englen
Unit Manager
Luigi Ceccarelli
Production Secretary