It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.

An old farmer who has hated his five quintuplets for over twenty years is visited by villagers who believe they should be reunited, and a search for them begins.

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that "it is probably the cleverest and most hilarious French comedy we've seen since the war."

He added, "This reviewer is still laughing fondly at the fantastic humors it unfolds."

Crowther saved his highest praise for Fernandel, saying that he "works harder than the rest of the cast rolled into one.