1962
5.4 (28 votes)
1h 41m
Genres
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Irwin Allen Productions
Irwin Allen Productions
Five Weeks in a Balloon
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.
Key Crew
Director: Irwin Allen
Screenplay: Albert Gail, Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett
Director of Photography: Winton C. Hoch
Top 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
