The Sheep Has Five Legs
| The Sheep Has Five Legs 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[1] |
| Language | French |
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[2] 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
References
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Le Mouton à Cinq Pattes". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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