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DISCOVER...! The slave market of Zanzibar! The forbidden city of Timbuktu! The treacherous Simoon of the Sahara!
5.5 / 10 IMDb August 22, 1962 1h 41m
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
Director
Runtime
1h 41m
Release Date
August 22, 1962
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Producers
Cast
Red Buttons
as Donald O'Shay
Barbara Eden
as Susan Gale
Cedric Hardwicke
as Fergusson
Peter Lorre
as Ahmed
Richard Haydn
as Sir Henry Vining
BarBara Luna
as Makia
Fabian
as Jacques
Billy Gilbert
as Sultan/Actioneer
Herbert Marshall
as The Prime Minister
Reginald Owen
as Consul
Henry Daniell
as Sheik Ageiba
Jonathan Gilmore
as Chief Slave (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki
as Slave Captain
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Alan Caillou
as Inspector
Ben Astar
as Myanga
Raymond Bailey
as Randolph
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Joe Abdullah
as Slave Trader (uncredited)
Sheila Allen
as Courtier (uncredited)
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Herman Belmonte
as Villager (uncredited)
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Eumenio Blanco
as Beggar (uncredited)
Production Companies
20th Century FoxIrwin Allen Productions
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