Five Weeks in a Balloon
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
1962 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Irwin Allen |
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| Writer: | Albert Gail, Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, Jules Verne |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Aug 22, 1962 |
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| Director: | Irwin Allen |
| Writer: | Albert Gail, Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, Jules Verne |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Adventure, Action |
| Keywords | jules verne, africa, based on novel or book, hot air balloon, chimpanzee, zanzibar, 19th century |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Albert Gail | Screenplay |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Winton C. Hoch | Director of Photography |
| Irwin Allen | Screenplay, Director |
| Charles Bennett | Screenplay |
| Jules Verne | Novel |
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