Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

101 mins | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family | Aug. 22, 1962

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.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

101 mins | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Family | Aug. 22, 1962

Five Weeks in a Balloon
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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions
Original title Five Weeks in a Balloon
Directors Irwin Allen
Writers Albert Gail, Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, Jules Verne

Cast

Red Buttons

as Donald O'Shay

Barbara Eden

as Susan Gale

Cedric Hardwicke

as Fergusson

Peter Lorre

as Ahmed

Richard Haydn

as Sir Henry Vining

BarBara Luna

as Makia

Fabian

as Jacques

Billy Gilbert

as Sultan/Actioneer

Herbert Marshall

as The Prime Minister

Reginald Owen

as Consul

Henry Daniell

as Sheik Ageiba

Jonathan Gilmore

as Chief Slave (uncredited)