The Sheep Has Five Legs

The Sheep Has Five Legs (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.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

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 they should all be reunited. 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