Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) | Full Movie | w/ Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | USA | English | Colour | 102min w/ Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre Set in 1862, the plot of Five Weeks In A Ballon is set in motion when 19th-century English explorer Fergusson (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) volunteers to head a balloon expedition to claim an otherwise unreachable chunk of African territory for the British Empire. Along for the ride are reporter Donald O'Shay (Red Buttons), absent-minded professor Sir Henry Vining (Richard Haydn), Vining's assistant Jacques (Fabian) and schoolmarm Susan Gale (Barbara Eden). Other reliable characters on hand include Peter Lorre, Herbert Marshall, Reginald Owen, Mike Mazurki, and, in a dual role, sneezemaster Billy Gilbert. Based on the novel by Jules Verne.