Five Weeks in a Balloon

Name: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1962
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 5.5

1962 · 101 min

Action · Adventure · Comedy · Family

★ 5.5

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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.

Crew

Director Irwin Allen
Screenplay Albert Gail
Screenplay Irwin Allen
Screenplay Charles Bennett
Director of Photography Winton C. Hoch

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)

Crew

Director — Irwin Allen
Screenplay — Albert Gail
Screenplay — Irwin Allen
Screenplay — Charles Bennett
Director of Photography — Winton C. Hoch

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