Five Weeks in a Balloon
“DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!”
1962•NR•1h 41m•5.4•Released
ActionAdventureComedyFamily
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
Writer
Albert Gail, Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Company
Irwin Allen Productions
Producer
Irwin Allen
Recommended
5.9
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
6.5
Curious George
2006
6
Master of the World
1961
6.8
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle
2015
7.4
Black Panther
2018
6.5
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado
2025
6
Khumba
2013
5.9
Arabian Adventure
1979
6.2
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996
6.6
The Lion King 1½
2004
6.8
Ultimate Avengers 2
2006
6.5
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
7.1
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
1989
6.6
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
2022
6.6
Dolittle
2020
5.9
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
6.5
In Search of the Castaways
1962
7.3
Jungle Cruise
2021
7.3
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980
6.5
Rio 2
2014
Similar Movies
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
5.5
The Conference
2023
6.1
The November Man
2014
6.7
About a Boy
2002
7.5
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
7
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
6.8
Oliver Twist
2005
8
The Wages of Fear
1953
6.5
Live and Let Die
1973
8
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
6.7
Absolute Power
1997
7.4
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
6.5
War of the Worlds
2005
5.2
Let the Sunshine In
2017
7.3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Louma - Familie ist kein Kinderspiel
2026
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
6.6
The Lord of the Rings
1978