Five Weeks in a Balloon
NR“DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!”
1962·101 min·Released
Studio: 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions
5.4TMDb
5.7IMDb
Theatrical Aug 22, 1962
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USA · English · Kids
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.
Crew
DirectorIrwin Allen
WriterAlbert Gail, Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen
Cast
Red Buttons
Donald O'Shay
Barbara Eden
Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke
Fergusson
Peter Lorre
Ahmed
Richard Haydn
Sir Henry Vining
BarBara Luna
Makia
Fabian
Jacques
Billy Gilbert
Sultan/Actioneer
Herbert Marshall
The Prime Minister
Reginald Owen
Consul
Henry Daniell
Sheik Ageiba
Jonathan Gilmore
Chief Slave (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki
Slave Captain
Alan Caillou
Inspector
Ben Astar
Myanga
Raymond Bailey
Randolph
Joe Abdullah
Slave Trader (uncredited)
Sheila Allen
Courtier (uncredited)
Herman Belmonte
Villager (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Beggar (uncredited)
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Keywords
based on novel or bookafricajules vernehot air balloonexplorationchimpanzeezanzibar19th centuryvictorian eraexploration of africa
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