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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there.

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36 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
Red Buttons Donald O'Shay Donald O'Shay See fewer	Members only	The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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