A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep into debt by his girlfriend, Loletta Prima (Magnani). After his creditors threaten to sell his belongings, he takes a job as an orphanage health inspector to pay his debts and ends up engaged to wealthy Lilli, daughter of a mattress tycoon, and chased after by the orphan Teresa Venerdí, while trying to keep his life in order.
Vittorio De Sica | Dott. Vignali |
Adriana Benetti | Teresa Venerdì |
Anna Magnani | Maddalena/Loretta |
Irasema Dilián | Lilli Passalacqua |
Virgilio Riento | Antonio |
Guglielmo Barnabò | Agostino Passalacqua |
Olga Vittoria Gentilli | Rosa Passalacqua |
Elvira Betrone | la direttrice dell'orfanotrofio |
Giuditta Rissone | istitutrice Anna |
Annibale Betrone | Umberto Vignali |
Nico Pepe | dottor Pasquale Grosso |
Clara Auteri Pepe | Giuseppina |