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Five Weeks in a Balloon(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-08-22
54%
28 Votes
Time: 1h 41m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Irwin Allen Productions
Movie: Five Weeks in a Balloon
Top 10 Billed 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
Herbert Marshall
The Prime Minister
Reginald Owen
Consul
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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.
Release Date
1962-08-22
Average
5.4
Rating:
2.7 startsTagline
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
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