

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the track. Penniless and cuckolded, Mandrake decides to make one last bet.

Gigi Proietti
Bruno "Mandrake" Fioretti

Enrico Montesano
Armando "Er Pomata" Pellicci

Catherine Spaak
Gabriella

Mario Carotenuto
De Marchis

Francesco De Rosa
Felice Roversi

Maria Teresa Albani
Fortune-teller

Gigi Ballista
Count Dallara
Nikki Gentile
Mafalda

Adolfo Celi
President of the Court

Ennio Antonelli
Otello "Manzotin" Rinaldi

Luciano Bonanni
Male Nurse

Aristide Caporale
Augustarello

Gianfranco Cardinali
Count Dallara's Assistant

Giuseppe Castellano
Stelvio Mazza

Fernando Cerulli
Commercial Director

Marina Confalone
Giuliana Pellicci

Nerina Montagnani
Er Pomata's Grandmother

Elena Magoia

Renzo Ozzano
Jean-Louis Rossini

Fulvio Pellegrino
Car Driver Fined by Mandrake
Steno
Steno, Enrico Vanzina, Alfredo Giannetti
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