After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.
Unfortunately the movie He Who Hesitates Is Lost is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Screenplay |
| Directing | Sergio Corbucci | Director |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Screenplay |
| Production | Emo Bistolfi | Producer |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kurt Doubrowsky | Sound |
| Directing | Franca Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Marco Scarpelli | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella Favella | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dina Di Bari | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Renato Tonini | Production Manager |
| Editing | Dolores Tamburini | Editor |
| Art | Franco Lolli | Production Design |
| Writing | Dino De Palma | Co-Writer |
| Writing | Giovanni Grimaldi | Story |
| Art | Athos Danilo Zanetti | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Enrico Priori | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dario Di Palma | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Amasi Damiani | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Giorgio Pallotta | Boom Operator |
| Writing | Bruno Corbucci | Story |
| Camera | Divo Cavicchioli | Still Photographer |
| Writing | Mario Guerra | Story |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alessandro Gori | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Mario Castellani | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pietro Vesperini | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gianni Ferrio | Conductor |
| Writing | Luciano Martino | Story |