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DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara! - Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Title: Five Weeks in a Balloon

Release Date: 22 Aug 1962

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Director: 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.4 (28 votes)

Cast

  • Donald O'Shay: Red Buttons
  • Susan Gale: Barbara Eden
  • Fergusson: Cedric Hardwicke
  • Ahmed: Peter Lorre
  • Sir Henry Vining: Richard Haydn
  • Makia: BarBara Luna
  • Jacques: Fabian
  • Sultan/Actioneer: Billy Gilbert
  • The Prime Minister: Herbert Marshall
  • Consul: Reginald Owen
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