Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
1962 · NR · 1h 41m · Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Genres: 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.
Director: Irwin Allen
Writers: Albert Gail, Jules Verne, Irwin Allen
Music by: Paul Sawtell
Cinematography: Winton C. Hoch
Editor: George Boemler
Cast
Red Buttons as Donald O'ShayBarbara Eden as Susan GaleCedric Hardwicke as FergussonPeter Lorre as AhmedRichard Haydn as Sir Henry ViningBarBara Luna as MakiaFabian as JacquesBilly Gilbert as Sultan/ActioneerHerbert Marshall as The Prime MinisterReginald Owen as ConsulHenry Daniell as Sheik AgeibaJonathan Gilmore as Chief Slave (uncredited)More like this
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