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Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon
★ 5.5/10•1962•1h 41m•NR•Action•Adventure•Comedy

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

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.

Irwin Allen · Director

Albert Gail · Screenplay

Charles Bennett · Screenplay

Irwin Allen · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 22, 1962

Actors

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)

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Slave Captain

Alan Caillou

Alan Caillou

Inspector

Ben Astar

Ben Astar

Myanga

Raymond Bailey

Raymond Bailey

Randolph

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