A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
| Writing | Eduardo De Filippo | Screenplay |
| Directing | Eduardo De Filippo | Director |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Aldo Tonti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Giuliana Attenni | Editor |
| Production | Luigi De Laurentiis | Production Manager |
| Writing | Dino Maiuri | Screenplay |
| Writing | Piero Tellini | Screenplay |
| Editing | Douglas Robertson | Editor |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Writing | Eduardo De Filippo | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Fernando Previtali | Conductor |
| Directing | Augusto Carloni | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ruggero Fiorillo | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Biagio Fiorelli | Sound |
| Sound | Enrico Palmieri | Sound |
| Art | Piero Filippone | Production Design |
| Art | Piero Gherardi | Set Decoration |
| Art | Achille Spezzaferri | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Fava | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Nando Pisani | Unit Manager |
