Sweet-sour comedy on Italy's 1950s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife's craving for luxury and a "respectable life" so he becomes heavily indebted. In desperation he agrees to sell a precious part of his body for a large sum of money. But just before the crucial operation he panics...
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Story: Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay: Cesare Zavattini
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Director of Photography: Armando Nannuzzi
Giovanni Alberti
Silvia Alberti
Mr. Bausetti
Mrs. Bausetti
Mrs. Faravalli
Mrs. Baratti
Mrs. Dronazzi
Dronazzi
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