Word: ploquin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sheep Has Five Legs (Raoul Ploquin; United Motion Picture Organization) is French Comedian Fernandel's 150th film and a rollicking demonstration of his virtuosity. The Frenchman with the face that has launched a thousand faces has long been a favorite in Europe, but outside the eclectic alcoves of big-city art theaters and the covers of Philippe Halsman's remarkable photographic interview, The Frenchman, he is hardly known in the U.S. Already booked for showing in 33 cities across the U.S., French-made Sheep should at last give many U.S. moviegoers their long-overdue chance to meet Fernandel...
Eventually, the quints are reunited with Papa Saint-Forget at the big birthday party, and the film winds up in fine farcical style with an ending that is obvious yet surprising, tickling credulity while taxing it. The film has been subtly directed by Henri Verneuil, handsomely produced by Raoul Ploquin, admirably helped with a good supporting cast. But Fernandel is a Judas goat who leads every minute of Sheep to its zany consummation. With the slightest nuances of his elastic face-a leer, a bucktoothed grin, a cocker-spaniel look of sadness-he proves that...
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