The Sheep Has Five Legs

The Five-Legged Sheep 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