

MovieActionAdventureComedy
Five Weeks in a Balloon
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
5.5(35)19621h 41m
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.
- Director
- Irwin Allen
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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

Henry Daniell
Sheik Ageiba

Jonathan Gilmore
Chief Slave (uncredited)

Mike Mazurki
Slave Captain

Alan Caillou
Inspector

Ben Astar
Myanga

Raymond Bailey
Randolph
Joe Abdullah
Slave Trader (uncredited)

Sheila Allen
Courtier (uncredited)
Herman Belmonte
Villager (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco
Beggar (uncredited)
Nick Borgani
Villager (uncredited)

Joe Brooks
Villager (uncredited)
Calvin Brown
Villager (uncredited)
David Cadiente
Villager (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Irwin AllenDirector
- Ad SchaumerAssistant Director
Writing
- Jules VerneNovel
- Albert GailScreenplay
- Charles BennettScreenplay
- Irwin AllenScreenplay
Production
- Irwin AllenProducer
- William EckhardtProduction Manager
- Al GailProducer's Assistant
Camera
- Winton C. HochDirector of Photography
Editing
- George BoemlerEditor
- Orven SchanzerAssistant Editor
Sound
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
- Warren B. DelaplainSound
- E. Clayton WardSound
- Sidney CutnerOrchestrator
- Max ReeseOrchestrator
Art
- Jack Martin SmithArt Direction
- Alfred YbarraArt Direction
- Stuart A. ReissSet Decoration
- Norman RockettSet Decoration
- Walter M. ScottSet Decoration
- Maurice ZuberanoProduction Illustrator
Costume & Make-Up
- Paul ZastupnevichCostume Design
- Ben NyeMakeup Artist
- Helen TurpinHairstylist
Visual Effects
- Gerald EndlerMechanical Designer
Crew
- Johnny BorgeseSpecial Effects