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Five Weeks in a Balloon(1962)

DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!

5.5(33)1h 41m1962-08-22

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Overview

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

Director:: Irwin Allen
Writers:: Jules Verne, Albert Gail, Charles Bennett
Producers:: Irwin Allen
Cinematographer:: Winton C. Hoch
Composer:: Paul Sawtell
Production:: 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions
Status:: Released

Cast

Red Buttons

Red Buttons

Donald O'Shay

Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden

Susan Gale

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Fergusson

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Ahmed

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

Sir Henry Vining

BarBara Luna

BarBara Luna

Makia

Fabian

Fabian

Jacques

Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

Sultan/Actioneer

Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

The Prime Minister

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Consul

Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

Sheik Ageiba

Jonathan Gilmore

Jonathan Gilmore

Chief Slave (uncredited)