Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

08/22/1962 (US) • 1h 41m

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Red Buttons

Donald O'Shay

Barbara Eden

Susan Gale

Richard Haydn

Sir Henry Vining

Fabian

Jacques

Billy Gilbert

Sultan/Actioneer

Herbert Marshall

The Prime Minister


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

africa

jules verne

hot air balloon

chimpanzee

zanzibar

19th century

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