
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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