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Director:

Irwin Allen

Writers:

Irwin Allen (screenplay)
Charles Bennett (writer)
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Release Date:

22 August 1962 (USA) more

Tagline:

Climb Aboard... For The Fun-Venture Of The Year!

Plot:

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans... more | add synopsis

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Cast

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Red Buttons ... Donald O'Shay
Fabian ... Jacques

Barbara Eden ... Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke ... Fergusson

Peter Lorre ... Ahmed
Richard Haydn ... Sir Henry Vining

Barbara Luna ... Makia
Billy Gilbert ... Sultan / Auctioneer
Herbert Marshall ... The Prime Minister
Reginald Owen ... Consul
Henry Daniell ... Sheik Ageiba
Mike Mazurki ... Slave Captain
Alan Caillou ... Inspector
Ben Astar ... Myanga
Raymond Bailey ... Randolph
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Additional Details

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

[the balloon is about to land in the middle of the jungle]
Sir Henry Vining: It's a forest full of trees!
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Movie Connections:

Version of Cinci saptamîni în balon (1966) more

Soundtrack:

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Taller Than An Elephant, 9 February 2007
Author: sheenafilm from Hamburg, Germany

The title song assures us that, if you fly in a balloon, nothing is impossible. "I'm taller than an elephant and twice as powerful, too." From the first minute you know, "5 Weeks in a Balloon" will be fun with a capital F. Sure, it's easy to analyze this movie and come to the conclusion it's childish and full of clichés. But my point is, grown-ups rarely manage to make movies that really show the world as it is in the imagination of a 10 year old - an admirable quality. While the real Africa is struck by war, starvation and disease, this is the fantasy Africa where rogues were colorful costumes for good looks and the heroes will have a break in the middle of the wilderness, not worrying about the lions around, to sing a song before they go on - because they know, in a dream no-one can actually be harmed. "5 Weeks in a Balloon" may not be Irwin Allen's best movie, but I still like it as much as I did when I watched it for the first time, because only movie theater entertainment at its best can take us away from the real world for an hour and a half to forget all our worries. Can't be grateful enough for that sometimes!

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