| The Five-Legged Sheep Le Mouton à cinq pattes | |
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| Directed by | Henri Verneuil |
| Written by |
Jean Marsan Jacques Perret Raoul Ploquin Henri Troyat Henri Verneuil |
| Produced by | Raoul Ploquin |
| Starring |
Fernandel Françoise Arnoul Andrex |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Christian Gaudin |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
| Distributed by | Cocinor |
Release date |
24 September 1954 (France) |
Running time |
104 minutes |
| Country | France / USA |
| Language | French |
The Five-Legged Sheep (French: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. It's considered a classic of French post-war cinema.
Plot
An old farmer whose five sons are quintuplets has hated them for over 20 years. After a visit from the villagers, they become convinced that the brothers should be reunited, and a search for the five brothers starts.
Cast
- Fernandel as Édouard Saint-Forget / Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré, Etienne
- Françoise Arnoul as Marianne Durand-Perrin
- Andrex as Un marin
- Édouard Delmont as Le docteur Bollène
- Georges Chamarat as M. Durand-Perrin, le père
- Paulette Dubost as Solange
- Louis de Funès as Pilate
- René Génin as Le maire
- Denise Grey as Mme Durand-Perrin, la mère
- Tony Jacquot as L'instituteur
- Ky Duyen as Un chinois
- Darío Moreno as Un matelot américain
- Noël Roquevert as Antoine Brissard
- Lolita López as Azitad
- Michel Ardan as Un marin
- Edmond Ardisson as Le brigadier
- Manuel Gary as Le docteur
- René Havard as Le liftier
- Yette Lucas as Mariette
- Albert Michel as Le patron du bistrot
- Gil Delamare as Le chauffard
- Leopoldo Francés as Le métis
- Nina Myral as La bonne
- Yannick Malloire as Une petite fille
- Raphaël Patorni as Rodrigue
- Max Desrau as Le nouveau patron des pompes funèbres
- Jocelyne Bressy
- Micheline Gary as L'hôtesse de l'instutut de beauté