hiding under his clothes and does not injure him. Ferdinand, believing to have killed his friend, abandons his sniper nest to rush to his side and is finally informed of the truth: he was born in France and can return to his old life. The film ends as it started, with Ferdinand once again chasing Giuseppe, only stopping to address the audience to recognize that, even if he knows he owes him gratitude, he cannot simply let Giuseppe go scot free, because, in the end, "the Law is the Law!" Cast Totò as Giuseppe La Paglia Fernandel as Ferdinand Pastorelli Nino Besozzi as Il Maresciallo Noël Roquevert as Le gendarme Malandain Leda Gloria as Antonietta Nathalie Nerval as Hélène Pastorelli Luciano Marin as Mario Albert Dinan as Le Brigadier Anna Maria Luciani as Marisa Henri Crémieux as Bourride Renato Terra René Génin as Donadieu Gustavo De Nardo as Luigi Franco Di Trocchio Aldo Pini Jean Brochard as Le Depute Aldo Vasco Henri Arius as Le Maire References External links 1958 films 1958 comedy films 1950s multilingual films French comedy films 1950s French-language films French multilingual films French black-and-white films Italian comedy films 1950s Italian-language films Italian black-and-white films Italian multilingual films Films directed by Christian-Jaque Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli Films scored by Nino Rota Films set in Piedmont Lux Film films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films French-language Italian films