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Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962 • Directed by

Irwin Allen

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.

Release Date

8/22/1962

Rating

5.4/10

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

Crew

Irwin Allen

Director

Albert Gail

Screenplay

Charles Bennett

Screenplay

Irwin Allen

Screenplay

Jules Verne

Novel

George Boemler

Editor

Winton C. Hoch

Director of Photography

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