Flight of the Lost Balloon

Flight of the Lost Balloon
Original film poster
Directed byNathan Juran
Written byNathan Juran
Produced byBernard Woolner
Jacques R. Marquette
StarringMala Powers
Marshall Thompson
CinematographyJacques Marquette
Music byHal Borne
Production
company
W.M.J. Productions
Distributed byWoolner Brothers
American International Pictures
Release date
  • December 28, 1961 (1961-12-28)
Running time
91 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75,000[1]

Flight of the Lost Balloon is a 1961 film produced, written and directed by Nathan Juran and starring Mala Powers and Marshall Thompson.[2][3]

The film was inspired by Jules Verne's 1863 novel Five Weeks in a Balloon and beat the major Irwin Allen film release of the book to the cinemas.[4] [N 1]

  1. ^ Swires, Steve."Nathan Juran: The fantasy voyages of Jerry the giant killer, Part two." Starlog Magazine, Issue 142, May 1989, p. 58.
  2. ^ "Review: 'Flight of the Lost Balloon'." Monthly Film Bulletin (London), Vol. 30, Issue 348, January 1, 1963, p. 7.
  3. ^ Erickson. Hal. "Synopsis: 'Flight of the Lost Balloon' (1961)." allmovie.com, 2019. Retrieved: June 12, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Taves et al. 1996, p. 234.


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