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Five Weeks in a Balloon
“DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!”
5.5 / 10• 1962• 1h 41m•NR• English
ActionAdventureComedyFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Red Buttons
Donald O'Shay
Lead
Barbara Eden
Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke
Fergusson
Peter Lorre
Ahmed
Richard Haydn
Sir Henry Vining
BarBara Luna
Makia
Fabian
Jacques
Billy Gilbert
Sultan/Actioneer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Irwin Allen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Five Weeks in a Balloon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
