| Five Weeks in a Balloon | |
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| Directed by | Irwin Allen |
| Screenplay by | Irwin Allen Charles Bennett |
| Based on | Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
| Starring | Red Buttons Fabian Barbara Eden Cedric Hardwicke Peter Lorre Richard Haydn Barbara Luna Billy Gilbert Herbert Marshall Reginald Owen Henry Daniell Mike Mazurki Alan Caillou Ben Astar Raymond Bailey Chester the Chimp |
| Cinematography | Winton Hoch, ASC |
| Edited by | George Boemler |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | Cambridge Productions |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,365,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $1.2 million[3][4] |
Five Weeks in a Balloon is a 1962 American adventure film loosely based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Jules Verne filmed in CinemaScope. It was produced and directed by Irwin Allen; his last feature film in the 1960s before moving to producing several science fiction television series. Although set in Africa, it was filmed in California. Balloonist Don Piccard acted as the film's technical advisor. For visual effects, a model of the balloon was used as well as a full-sized unicorn gondola hung from a crane. A novelisation of the screenplay was written by Gardner Fox.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
boxwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253 says $2.35 million
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989
- ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. January 9, 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures