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Five Weeks In A Balloon

1962, Movie, NR, 102 mins

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A comical adaptation of Jules Verne's first novel, a story about a team of 19th-century Britons crossing Africa in a balloon. The group wants to plant the Union Jack on unclaimed land in West Africa. Hardwicke leads the expedition--with reporter Buttons, scientist Haydn, and assistant Fabian on board. The men rescue Eden from a drunken sultan and give lovable slave-trader Lorre a ride too. Producer-director Allen would later move to TV and then, in the 1970s, start the disas... read more leave a comment
Year: 1962
Rated NR

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Cast
Red Buttons: Donald O'Shay
Fabian: Jacques
Barbara Eden: Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke: Fergusson
Peter Lorre: Ahmed
Richard Haydn: Sir Henry Vining

 

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