De al oudere oplichter Augusto, werkt samen met twee jongere mannen, met allebei een nogal uiteenlopende levensstijl. Augusto vermijdt zich met hun problematische leventjes te bemoeien en leeft het goede leven.
Nee, helaas is Il bidone nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Federico Fellini | Director |
| Production | Ezio Rodi | Administration |
| Production | Goffredo Lombardo | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fiamma Rocchetti | Hairstylist |
| Production | Giuseppe Colizzi | Production Manager |
| Art | Dario Cecchi | Production Design |
| Camera | G.B. Poletto | Still Photographer |
| Art | Massimiliano Capriccioli | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dario Cecchi | Costume Design |
| Directing | Paolo Nuzzi | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Giovanni Rossi | Sound |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Screenplay |
| Directing | Nada delle Piane | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Directing | Moraldo Rossi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Narciso Vicario | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dominique Delouche | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Story |
| Production | Manolo Bolognini | Production Secretary |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Story |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Camera | Roberto Gerardi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Arturo Zavattini | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Editing | Giuseppe Vari | Editor |
| Camera | Otello Martelli | Director of Photography |
| Production | Antonio Negri | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Silvio Clementelli | Producer |
| Production | Charles Delac | Producer |
| Production | Mario Derecchi | Producer |
