Five Weeks in a Balloon
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
Aug 22, 1962 · 1h 41m · Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
⭐ 5.3· 30 votes
Director Irwin Allen
Writer Albert Gail
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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.
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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
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