

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962 · Movie · 1h 41m · NR
ActionAdventureComedyFamily
"DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
Key crew
- Irwin AllenDirector
- Albert GailScreenplay
- Irwin AllenScreenplay
- Charles BennettScreenplay
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Red ButtonsDonald O'Shay
- Barbara EdenSusan Gale
- Cedric HardwickeFergusson
- Peter LorreAhmed
- Richard HaydnSir Henry Vining
- BarBara LunaMakia
- FabianJacques
- Billy GilbertSultan/Actioneer
- Herbert MarshallThe Prime Minister
- Reginald OwenConsul
- Henry DaniellSheik Ageiba
- Jonathan GilmoreChief Slave (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookafricajules vernechimpanzeehot air balloonexplorationzanzibar19th centuryvictorian eraexploration of africa























