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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!
Aug 22, 1962 · 1h 41m
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Action
Adventure
Comedy
Family

PLOT

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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CAST

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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
Directed by Irwin Allen

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions
Country
US

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