
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
5.4|22 Aug, 1962|101 min
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
5.4|22 Aug, 1962|101 min
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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
africa
jules verne
hot air balloon
chimpanzee
zanzibar
19th century
Casts

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
Crews

Irwin Allen
Director

Jules Verne
Novel
Albert Gail
Screenplay

Charles Bennett
Screenplay

Irwin Allen
Screenplay
Winton C. Hoch
Director of Photography
George Boemler
Editor
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