Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) movie poster

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

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

101 minActionAdventureComedyFamily

TMDb5.5/1034 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Irwin Allen

Cast

Red Buttons as Donald O'Shay

Red Buttons

Donald O'Shay

Barbara Eden as Susan Gale

Barbara Eden

Susan Gale

Cedric Hardwicke as Fergusson

Cedric Hardwicke

Fergusson

Peter Lorre as Ahmed

Peter Lorre

Ahmed

Richard Haydn as Sir Henry Vining

Richard Haydn

Sir Henry Vining

BarBara Luna as Makia

BarBara Luna

Makia

Fabian as Jacques

Fabian

Jacques

Billy Gilbert as Sultan/Actioneer

Billy Gilbert

Sultan/Actioneer

Herbert Marshall as The Prime Minister

Herbert Marshall

The Prime Minister

Reginald Owen as Consul

Reginald Owen

Consul

Henry Daniell as Sheik Ageiba

Henry Daniell

Sheik Ageiba

Jonathan Gilmore as Chief Slave (uncredited)

Jonathan Gilmore

Chief Slave (uncredited)

Mike Mazurki as Slave Captain

Mike Mazurki

Slave Captain

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Alan Caillou

Inspector

Keywords

Plot:based on novel or bookjules vernechimpanzeehot air balloonexplorationzanzibar

Time:19th centuryvictorian era

Place:africaexploration of africa