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Five Weeks in a Balloon

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Five Weeks in a Balloon
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1hr 41min
Genres:
Action,Comedy
Release:
1962
Director:
Irwin Allen
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden  ...more
Synopsis: With Five Weeks in a Balloon, 20th Century-Fox hoped to cash on the success of the studio's earlier Jules Verne adaptation Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959). The plot is set in motion when 19th-century explorer Fergusson (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) volunteers to head a balloon expedition to claim an otherwise unreachable chunk of African territory for the British Empire. Along for the ride are reporter Donald O'Shay (Red Buttons), absent-minded professor Sir Henry Vining (Richard Haydn), Vining's ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Silly but colorful, Five Weeks in a Balloon will probably be quite entertaining for very young viewers but will likely tax the patience of those above the age of 10 or 11. The Jules Verne novel that is its source is hardly a classic, but the screenplay derived from it is a decidedly slapdash affair. Given its source, it can hardly help but be episodic, but the writers have done a very poor job of providing ... Full Review
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Red Buttons
Donald O'Shay
Fabian
Jacques
Barbara Eden
Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke
Fergusson
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