The Monsters

Ugo Tognazzi

The Father (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Stefano (segment "Come un Padre") / Battacchi (segment "Il povero Soldato") / L'Onorevole (segment "La Giornata dell'Onorevole") / Dark Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Pilade Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario") / The Traffic Warden (segment "L'Agguato") / The Car Buyer (segment "Vernissage") / Spectator at the Cinema (segment "Scenda l'Oblio") / The Husband (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli") / Guarnacci (segment "La nobile Arte")

Vittorio Gassman

The Actor (segment "La Raccomandazione") / Policeman (segment "Il Mostro") / Production Assistant & Movie Director (segment "Presa dalla Vita") / Nicola (segment "Che Vitaccia!") / Blonde Latin Lover (segment "Latin Lovers-Amanti latini") / Defence Layer D'Amore (segment "Testimone volontario") / Richetto (segment "I due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lando Buzzanca

Luchino (segment "Come un padre")

Marisa Merlini

Paola Fioravanti (segment "Testimone volontario")

Rika Dialina

Giuliana (segment "Il Sacrificato")

Michèle Mercier

The Wife (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Marino Masé

The Lover (segment "L'Oppio dei Popoli")

Mario Laurentino

The Police Officer (segment "Il povero Soldato")

Angela Portaluri

Ersilia (segment "Che Vitaccia!")

Carlo Bagno

Presiding Judge (segment "Testimone volontario")

Daniele Vargas

Professor Pinzuto (segment "I due Orfanelli")

Sal Borgese

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa")

Mario Brega

Rocchetti (segment "La nobile Arte")

Lucia Modugno

Clara Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte")

Mario Cecchi Gori

Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)

Roberto Chevalier

(segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (voice) (uncredited)

Rosemary Dexter

Luciana (segment "Come un Padre") (uncredited)

Thea Fleming

Marilina (segment "Vernissage") (uncredited)

Mario Frera

The Father's Colleague (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Corrado Gaipa

Batachi (segment "Il povero soldato") / Outspoken Critic (segmento "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Veriano Ginesi

Man on the Car (segment "Presa dalla Vita") (uncredited)

Carlo Giuffrè

Literary Critic (segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Jacques Herlin

Outspoken Juror (segmento "La musa") (uncredited)

Antonio La Raina

Enrico Zappalà (segment "La nobile arte") (voice) (uncredited)

Elisa Mainardi

The Manicurist (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") (uncredited)

Pat O'Hara

The Mother (segment "L'Educazione sentimentale") (uncredited)

Quinto Parmeggiani

The Editor in Chief (segment "Il povero Soldato") (uncredited)

Carlo Reali

Luchino (segment "Come un padre") (voice) (uncredited)

Stefano Satta Flores

The Debutant Writer (segment "La Musa" (voice) (uncredited)

Edoardo Toniolo

(segment "La musa") (voice) (uncredited)

Efi Kamper

Dancer at the pool (segment "Presa dalla vita") (uncredited)