FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON
Movie
Year: 1962
Director: Irwin Allen
US Premiere: 22 August 1962
Cambridge Productions, Inc.
Copyright 1962 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Plot Summary
Story based upon Jules Verne's story of a balloon expidition across Africa.
Cast
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
Jonathan Gilmore - Richards
Roy Jenson - Guard
Chester The Chimp - The Duchess
Uncredited roles courtesy of IMDB:
Joe Abdullah - Slave Trader
Sheila Mathews - Courtier
John Coultas - Native Horseman
Mike De Anda - Fat Native Servant
William Edmondson - Fat Buyer
Joe Ferrante - Guard
Jonathan Gilmore - Chief Slave
Al Hoosman - Guard
Kendrick Huxham - Consular Official
Roy Jenson - Guard
Ronald Long - Chiddingfold
Hedley Mattingly - Butler
Eric Micklewood - Reporter
Alex Plasschaert - Tumbler
George Sawaya - Nomad Chief
Mahmed Tahir - The Muezzin, Holy Man
Vic Tayback - European Agent
Frank Watkins - Portuguese Man
Charles Wood - Native Guard
Production Crew
Original Novel - Jules Verne
Screenplay - Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen and Albert Gail
Producer - Irwin Allen
Director - Irwin Allen
Theme Song Composter - Jodi Desmond
Theme Song Singers - The Brothers Four
Music - Paul Sawtell
Director of Photography - Winton Hoch A.S.C.
Art Direction - Jack Martin Smith, Alfred Ybarra
Set Decorations - Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss, Norman Rockett
Production Illustrator - Maurice Zuberano
Film Editor - George Boemler A.C.E.
Special Photographic Effects - L.B. Abbott A.S.C., Emil Kosa Jr.
Assistant to Producer - Al Gail
Sound - E. Clayton Ward, Warren B. Delaplain
Costume Designer - Paul Zastupnevich
Assistant Director - Ad Schaumer
Makeup - Ben Nye
Hair Styles - Helen Turpin C.H.S.
Orchestration - Sid Cutner and Max Reese
First Assistent Editor - Orven Schanzer
Main Title - Pacific Title
Color - De Luxe
Alternative Titles
France: Cinq Semaines en Ballon
Germany/Austria: Fünf Wochen im Ballon
Holland: Vijf Weken in een Luchtballon
Italy: Cinque Settimane in Pallone
Japan: 気球船探険 (translates as "Balloon Expedition Ship")
Spain: Cinco Semanas en Globo
Gallery
Irwin Allen filming from camera crane
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