Movie

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Released: August 22, 1962 (1962)

Runtime: 101 minutes

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Reginald Owen as Consul
Age at release: 75
Herbert Marshall as The Prime Minister
Age at release: 72
Cedric Hardwicke as Fergusson
Age at release: 69
Billy Gilbert as Sultan/Actioneer
Age at release: 67
Peter Lorre as Ahmed
Age at release: 58
Richard Haydn as Sir Henry Vining
Age at release: 57
Red Buttons as Donald O'Shay
Age at release: 43
Barbara Eden as Susan Gale
Age at release: 30
BarBara Luna as Makia
Age at release: 23
Fabian as Jacques
Age at release: 19

Show more cast

Henry Daniell as Sheik Ageiba
Age at release: 68
Mike Mazurki as Slave Captain
Age at release: 54
Jonathan Gilmore as Chief Slave (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown