"Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory."
Vittorio Gassman
as O Caporale
Ernest Borgnine
as Sante Carbone
Rosanna Schiaffino
as Mariantonia
Katy Jurado
as Assunta Carbone
Philippe Leroy
as O Zelluso
Mario Feliciani
as Don Ramiro
Bernard Blier
as Colonelo Breviglieri
Akim Tamiroff
as O Zingaro
Micheline Presle
as La marchesa
Donato Castellaneta
as O Chiattone
Carlo Giuffrè
as tenente
Carlo Pisacane
as Filuccio
Dario Michaelis
as
Ignazio Balsamo
as Lo sfregiato
Renato Terra
Guido Celano
as Muso 'e cane
Carlo Taranto
as 'O Scaraffone
Alfonso Mathis
Amedeo Girard
as Scannamorti
Mario Camerini
Director
Mario Cecchi Gori
Producer
Mario Montuori
Director of Photography
Giuliana Attenni
Editor
Piero Zuffi
Production Design
Mario Monti
Novel
Luciano Vincenzoni
Story
Screenplay
Carlo Romano
Ghigo De Chiara
Ivo Perilli
Diego Fabbri
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Original Music Composer
Carlo Savina
Conductor
Costume Design
Armando Crispino
First Assistant Director
Leo Pescarolo
Franco Vitrotti
Camera Operator
Carla Fierro
Script Supervisor
Marcello Ceccarelli
Makeup Artist
Riccardo Domenici
Set Decoration
Umberto Santoni
Unit Manager
Franco Recine
Production Secretary
Adriano De Micheli
Marcella De Marchis
Luigi Salvi
Sound
Pio Angeletti
Production Manager