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In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
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Casts

Peppino De Filippo
Checco Dal Monte

Carla Del Poggio
Liliana "Lilly" Antonelli

Giulietta Masina
Melina Amour

John Kitzmiller
Trumpet Player Johnny

Dante Maggio
Remo

Checco Durante
Theater Owner

Gina Mascetti
Valeria del Sole
Giulio Calì
Magician Edison Will

Silvio Bagolini
Bruno Antonini

Giacomo Furia
Duke
Mario De Angelis
Maestro

Vanja Orico
Moema - Brazilian Singer
Enrico Piergentili
Melina's Father

Renato Malavasi
Hotelkeeper
Joseph Falletta
Pistolero Bill

Folco Lulli
Adelmo Conti

Carlo Romano
Enzo La Rosa

Fanny Marchiò
Soubrette

Franca Valeri
Mitzy - Hungarian Designer

Alberto Bonucci
Night Club Comic

Vittorio Caprioli
Night Club Comic
Carlo Bianco
Pianist Russo (uncredited)
Patrizia Caronti
(uncredited)
Rina Dei
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Italo Dragosei
Night Guard (uncredited)

Alberto Lattuada
Theater Attendant (uncredited)
Barbara Leite
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Michele Malaspina
Adelmo Conti (voice) (uncredited)

Giovanna Ralli
(uncredited)

Marco Tulli
Torello's Assistant (uncredited)
Crews

Alberto Lattuada
Director

Federico Fellini
Director
Mario Ingrami
Production Coordinator
Gastone Rotellini
Production Supervisor
Luciano Trasatti
Camera Operator

Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Roberto Gerardi
Camera Operator

Federico Fellini
Story
Massimo Mida
First Assistant Director

Alberto Lattuada
Associate Producer
Aldo Buzzi
Production Design
Augusto Carloni
First Assistant Director
Angelo D'Alessandro
Second Assistant Director
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Aldo Buzzi
Costume Design

Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay

Federico Fellini
Screenplay

Alberto Lattuada
Screenplay
Bianca Lattuada
Production Manager
Felice Lattuada
Original Music Composer
Luigi Gervasi
Set Decoration
Eligio Trani
Makeup Artist

Federico Fellini
Associate Producer
Argentina Ferri
Hairstylist

Otello Martelli
Director of Photography

Ennio Flaiano
Screenplay
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