Five Weeks in a Balloon
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
5.5(34) 1962-08-22 101 minActionAdventureComedyFamily
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.
DirectorIrwin Allen
ScreenplayAlbert Gail
ScreenplayIrwin Allen
ScreenplayCharles Bennett
ProducerIrwin Allen
Original Music ComposerPaul Sawtell
Cast & characters
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
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Alan Caillou
as Inspector
Ben Astar
as Myanga
Raymond Bailey
as Randolph
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Joe Abdullah
as Slave Trader (uncredited)
Sheila Allen
as Courtier (uncredited)
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Herman Belmonte
as Villager (uncredited)
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Eumenio Blanco
as Beggar (uncredited)
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Nick Borgani
as Villager (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
as Villager (uncredited)
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Calvin Brown
as Villager (uncredited)
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David Cadiente
as Villager (uncredited)
