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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) — Marquee

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

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

1962 · 1h 41m · 5.5 on TMDB

NR

Action Adventure Comedy Family

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.

Cast

Red Buttons
Donald O'Shay
Barbara Eden
Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke
Fergusson
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

Henry Daniell

Henry Daniell

Sheik Ageiba

Jonathan Gilmore

Jonathan Gilmore

Chief Slave (uncredited)

Production

20th Century Fox Irwin Allen Productions

Directed by

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Released: August 22, 1962

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