A family man travelling for work, Paolo Bianchi, meets on a train a lonely girl, Maria. He sees her again on a bus and she reveals him that she's in troubles: she's pregnant, her baby's father has left her and she doesn't know how to tell to her parents that she's not married. She asks Paolo to play the role of her husband and he accepts....
| Directing | Alessandro Blasetti | Director |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Story |
| Writing | Piero Tellini | Story |
| Writing | Alessandro Blasetti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aldo De Benedetti | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alessandro Cicognini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Václav Vích | Director of Photography |
| Production | Giuseppe Amato | Producer |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Art | Virgilio Marchi | Production Design |
| Sound | Umberto Picistrelli | Sound |
| Writing | Giuseppe Amato | Adaptation |
| Directing | Lionello De Felice | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Amleto Pannocchia | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Giorgio Papi | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Ferdinando Ruffo | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Gastone Bartolucci | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Jacopo Comin | Production Manager |
| Writing | Cesare Zavattini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Piero Tellini | Screenplay |