"Gino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with Bruno, his young son. Gino ends up in the crosshairs of the social worker Dr. Angela De Maria, and he is forced to find an honest job."
Tomas Milian
as Gino Quirino
Giovanna Ralli
as Dott.ssa Angela De Maria
Paco Fabrini
as Bruno Quirino
Armando Pugliese
as Rosario
Adriana Russo
as Angela
Clara Colosimo
as Assistente sociale
Ennio Antonelli
as Muratore
Massimo Pittarello
as Mammola
Tom Felleghy
as Giudice
Valentino Simeoni
as Carcerato
Nello Pazzafini
as Autista atac (uncredited)
Luciano Foti
as uomo allo sportello (uncredited)
Paolo Fiorino
as
Enrico Oldoini
Story
Ottavio Jemma
Felice D'Alisera
Production Manager
Maria Pia Rocco
First Assistant Director
Mirella Malatesta
Script Supervisor
Luca D'Alisera
Production Secretary
Enrico Lucidi
Camera Operator
Bruno Cascio
Assistant Camera
Gianfranco Torinti
Alfonso Avincola
Still Photographer
Domenico Dubbini
Sound
Franco Di Girolamo
Makeup Department Head
Roberta Petrini
Makeup Artist
Iolanda Angelucci
Hairstylist
Giovanni Natalucci
Assistant Production Design
Bertilla Silvestrin
Seamstress
Armando Moreschini
Gaffer
Matteo Giordano
Key Grip
Loredana Cruciani
Assistant Editor
Vincenzo Di Santo
Danilo Moroni
Sound Mixer
Pasquale Festa Campanile
Director
Screenplay
Aurelio De Laurentiis
Producer
Luigi De Laurentiis
Detto Mariano
Original Music Composer
Giancarlo Ferrando
Director of Photography
Amedeo Salfa
Editor
Giantito Burchiellaro
Production Design
Nicoletta Ercole
Costume Design