Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Name: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1962-08-22
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Richard Haydn

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

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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Released 1962-08-22 · 101 min · Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Directed by Irwin Allen

Cast

Red Buttons as Donald O'Shay
Barbara Eden as Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke as Fergusson
Peter Lorre as Ahmed
Richard Haydn as Sir Henry Vining
BarBara Luna as Makia
Fabian as Jacques
Billy Gilbert as Sultan/Actioneer
Herbert Marshall as The Prime Minister
Reginald Owen as Consul
Henry Daniell as Sheik Ageiba
Jonathan Gilmore as Chief Slave (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki as Slave Captain
Alan Caillou as Inspector
Ben Astar as Myanga