The Sheep Has Five Legs

The Incomparable FERNANDEL...in a delightful 'tour de force'

Genres

Comedy

OverView

A publicity-minded French mayor reunites quintuplets and their earthy father, all six played by Fernandel.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

24 September 1954

Country

France

Cast

Fernandel

Edouard de Saint-Forget

Françoise Arnoul

Marianne Durand-Perrin

Andrex

Un marin

Georges Chamarat

M. Durand-Perrin

Édouard Delmont

Le docteur Marius Bollène

Paulette Dubost

Solange Saint-Forget

Louis de Funès

Pilate

René Génin

Le maire

Noël Roquevert

Roland Brissard

Denise Grey

Mme Durand-Perrin

Darío Moreno

Le joueur américain

Edmond Ardisson

Le brigadier

Jocelyne Bressy

José Casa

Le gendarme

Jean Diéner

Un croque-mort

Ky Duyen

Un joueur chinois sur le bateau

Léopoldo Francès

Le métis

Manuel Gary

Le docteur

Micheline Gary

L'hôtesse de l'institut de beauté

René Havard

Le liftier

Tony Jacquot

L'instituteur

Alinda Kristensen

Lolita Lopez

Azitad

Yette Lucas

Mariette

Yannick Malloire

Une petite fille

Gil Delamare

Le chauffard

Franck Maurice

Un consommateur

Bréols

Le chauffeur

Édouard Francomme

Un consommateur

Albert Michel

Le patron du bistrot

Nina Myral

Justine

Madame Pâquerette

La servante du curé

Raphaël Patorni

L'acteur jouant Rodrigue

Philippe Richard

L'acteur jouant Don Gormas

Max Desrau

Le nouveau patron des pompes funèbres

Renée Gardès

Une concierge

Georges Demas

Un journaliste

Andrée Servilanges

Maryse Martin

mentionnée au générique, elle n’apparaît pas dans le film

Marcel Loche

Un homme (non crédité)

Jacqueline Maillan

Figurante

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