SYNOPSIS: Anna (Yvonne Sanson) flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover (Amedeo Nazzari), an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.
| Carlo Guarnieri | Amedeo Nazzari |
| Anna Ferrari | Yvonne Sanson |
| Gateano Ferrari | Annibale Bertrone |
| Lawyer | Mario Ferrari |
| Rosalina | Teresa Franchini |
| Matilde Ferrari | Tina Lattanzi |
| Ruffini | Aldo Nicodemi |
| Celeste’s mother | Giuditta Rissone |
| Rossi | Vittorio Sanipoli |
| Enzo Sandri | Roberto Murolo |
| Dinuccia | Rosalia Rendazzo |
| Director | Raffaello Matarazzo |
| Producer | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Screenplay | Aldo De Benedetti |
| Story | Libero Bovio and Gaspare Di Majo |
| Cinematography | Tino Santoni |
| Art direction | Ottavio Scotti and Gino Brosio |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei |
| Music | Gino Campase |
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