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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.
An old vintner hasn't seen his five grown sons since he sent them off to school. A doctor from the town decides to secretly find them and reunite them with their father as a surprise, but what he finds is quite a motley crew of five men doing various odd jobs.
The Sheep Has Five Legs ★★½ 1954 Quintuplet brothers return from around the world for a reunion in their small French village. Fernandel plays the father and all five sons; otherwise, comedy is only averagetogood.
Original title: Le mouton à cinq pattes (The Sheep Has Five Legs). Synopsis: Papa Saint-Forget, an aged winemaker has invited his quintuplet offspring from all over the world to a family gathering. All six parts are played by Fernandel.
- 1955: Nominated for Oscar: Best Story
- France
- Armand Thirard (B&W)
- Henri Verneuil
Aug 2, 2005 · A French customs agent battles wits with an Italian smuggler in a fictional town on the Franco-Italian border. His plans to nab the bandit are undermined when he learns that he was born an Italian citizen and no longer has legal authority to pursue his prey.
THE SHEEP HAS FIVE LEGS, original screen play by Albert Valentin, based on stories by Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin, and adapted by Rene Borjavel and Henri Verneuil; directed by Henri
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) starring Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex and directed by Henri Verneuil.
