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Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

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

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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.

Directed by Irwin Allen
Written by Albert Gail, Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen
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Top Cast

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

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookafricajules vernehot air balloonchimpanzeezanzibar19th century

About Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon is a action, adventure, comedy, family film released in 1962 exploring themes of based on novel or book, africa, jules verne, hot air balloon, chimpanzee, zanzibar. Directed by Irwin Allen, it stars Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke. 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.

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