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Five Weeks in a Balloon

on BBC One London

A feature film starring Red Buttons
Barbara Eden
Peter Lorre , Fabian Cedric Hardwicke
In 1862, Professor Fergusson and Jacques Verlaine , his assistant, set out on a hazardous 4,000-mile voyage to explore central Africa. Among the passengers they pick up along the way are a newspaper reporter, a slave girl, an American missionary - and Duchess, a chimp.
Based on the novel by JULES VERNE
Produced and directed by IRWIN ALLER Films: pages 17-18

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Eden
Unknown:
Peter Lorre
Unknown:
Fabian Cedric Hardwicke
Unknown:
Jacques Verlaine
Novel By:
Jules Verne
Directed By:
Irwin Aller
Donald O'Shay:
Red Buttons
Jacques:
Fabian
Susan Gale:
Barbara Eden
Fergusson:
Cedric Hardwicke
Ahmed:
Peter Lorre
Sir Henry Vining:
Richard Haydn
Makia:
Barbara Luna
Sultan:
Billy Gilbert
Prime Minister:
Herbert Marshall
ConsUl:
Reginald Owen
Sheik Ageiba:
Henry Daniell
Slave Captain:
Mike Mazurki

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