Silvana Mangano
— Teresa (segment "Teresa")
Sophia Loren
— Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
Eduardo De Filippo
— Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
Paolo Stoppa
— Don Peppino, the widower (segment Pizza on Credit)
Erno Crisa
— Don Nicola (segment "Teresa")
Totò
— Don Saverio Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
Lianella Carell
— Carolina Petrillo (segment "Il guappo")
Giacomo Furia
— Rosario, Sofia's husband (segment Pizza on Credit)
Tina Pica
— Old woman (segment "Il professore")
Alberto Farnese
— Alfredo, Sofia's lover (segment Pizza on a Credit)
Tecla Scarano
— Don Peppino's friend (segment Pizza on a Credit)
Pasquale Cennamo
— Don Carmine Savarone (segment "Il guappo")
Agostino Salvietti
— Gennaro Esposito (segment "Il guappo")
Pasquale Tartaro
— Cafiero (segment Pizza on Credit)
Teresa De Vita
— La madre (segment "Funeralino")
Vittorio De Sica
— Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")
Pierino Bilancioni
— Il piccolo Gennarino (segment "I giocatori")
Lars Borgström
— Federico - the Doorkeeper (segment "I giocatori")
Mario Passante
— Giovanni - the Butler (segment "I giocatori")
Ubaldo Maestri
— Don Ubaldo (segment "Teresa")
Nino Imparato
— Gennaro (segment "Il professore")
Gianni Crosio
— Alfonso Maria di Sant'Agata dei Fornai (segment "Il professore")
Roberto De Simone
— Umberto Scognamiglio (segment Pizza on Credit) (uncredited)
Rosetta Dei
— (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)
Irene Montaldo
— La contessa B. (segment "I giocatori") (uncredited)
Gigi Reder
— Don Peppino's friend (segment "Pizze a credito") (uncredited)
Nino Vingelli
— Guappo (segment "Il guappo") (uncredited)