Five Weeks in a Balloon
DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
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.
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Studio: 20th Century Fox, Irwin Allen Productions
- Keyword: based on novel or book, africa, jules verne, hot air balloon, chimpanzee, zanzibar, 19th century
- Cast: Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Richard Haydn, BarBara Luna