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Five Weeks in a Balloon

5.519621h 41mUMovieActionAdventureComedy

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.

DirectorIrwin Allen
WritersAlbert Gail·Irwin Allen
ProducerIrwin Allen

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Cast · Directed by Irwin Allen

RBRed Buttons
Red Buttons
Donald O'Shay
BEBarbara Eden
Barbara Eden
Susan Gale
CHCedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
Fergusson
PLPeter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Ahmed
RHRichard Haydn
Richard Haydn
Sir Henry Vining
BLBarBara Luna
BarBara Luna
Makia
FFabian
Fabian
Jacques
BGBilly Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
Sultan/Actioneer
HMHerbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall
The Prime Minister
ROReginald Owen
Reginald Owen
Consul
HDHenry Daniell
Henry Daniell
Sheik Ageiba
JGJonathan Gilmore
Jonathan Gilmore
Chief Slave (uncredited)

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