Mastr'Antonio Miciaccio caretaker and shoemaker is devoted to Saint John Beheaded and is trying to find out who has been stealing the oil that keeps the candle to the saint burning. He also does not approve of his daughter's boy friend and he does not want him to marry her.
Screenplay: Amleto Palermi, Cesare Zavattini, Aldo Vergano
Director: Amleto Palermi
Director of Photography: Fernando Risi
Mastro Agostino Miciacio
Concetta Miciacio
Donna Provvidenza, farmer's wife
Serafina Miciacio
Don Raffaele, the barber
Giorgio Maria Santapola
Don Peppino Esposito
Teodoro Cupis