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Five Weeks in a Balloon
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5.4Professor 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.
Released: 1962-08-22101 minDir: Irwin AllenAction, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Cast
- Red Buttons as Donald O'Shay
- Barbara Eden as Susan Gale
- Cedric Hardwicke as Fergusson
- Peter Lorre as Ahmed
- Richard Haydn as Sir Henry Vining
- BarBara Luna as Makia
Themes
- based on novel or book
- africa
- jules verne
- chimpanzee
- hot air balloon
- exploration
- zanzibar
- 19th century
- victorian era
- exploration of africa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Cinq Semaines en ballon
- Director
- Irwin Allen
- Screenwriter
- Irwin Allen
- Composer
- Paul Sawtell
- Producer
- Irwin Allen
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Winton Hoch
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 668699
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1962-01-01
- title
- Five Weeks in a Balloon
- after a work by
- Jules Verne
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- aircraft
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Categories
1960s historical adventure films1962 American films1962 English-language films1962 films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican aviation filmsAmerican CinemaScope filmsAmerican historical adventure filmsDamsels in distressFilms based on French novelsFilms based on works by Jules VerneFilms directed by Irwin AllenFilms produced by Irwin AllenFilms scored by Paul SawtellFilms set in 1862Films set in AfricaFilms set on balloonsFilms with screenplays by Irwin AllenTemplate film date with 1 release date