Directed by:
Irwin AllenCinematography:
Winton C. HochComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Richard Haydn, BarBara Luna, Billy Gilbert, Herbert Marshall, Reginald Owen, Henry Daniell (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A crew of unlikely associates, including a nineteenth-century explore (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), his assistant (Fabian), a troublesome reporter (Red Buttons), an absentminded professor (Richard Haydn) and a liberate schoolteacher (Barbara Eden), undertake a balloon expedition in uncharted African territory. Hoping to plant a flag for the British Empire, this mismatched group must weather storms, hostile slave traders, sneezing sultans and, worst of all, each other! (101 Films)
(more)Cast
![Red Buttons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/368/164368509_aefb4e.jpg)
Red Buttons
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
One, Two, Three (1961)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
![Fabian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431691_88e565.jpg)
Fabian
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
North to Alaska (1960)
![Barbara Eden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455662_d524d7.jpg)
Barbara Eden
USA
Best movies:
From the Terrace (1960)
Oh! For a Man! (1957)
Flaming Star (1960)
![Cedric Hardwicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/621/162621796_89038e.jpg)
Cedric Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rope (1948)
Richard III (1955)
![Peter Lorre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268040_81ea18.jpg)
Peter Lorre
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
Casablanca (1942)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
![Richard Haydn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172484_91c54c.jpg)
Richard Haydn
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
![BarBara Luna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948796_75c3ad.jpg)
BarBara Luna
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV movie)
![Billy Gilbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677374_845b2e.jpg)
Billy Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Great Dictator (1940)
![Herbert Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/132/163132854_761e78.jpg)
Herbert Marshall
UK
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
![Reginald Owen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626374_fa173b.jpg)
Reginald Owen
UK
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
![Henry Daniell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471372_44619c.jpg)
Henry Daniell
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Song of Love (1947)
The Great Dictator (1940)
![Mike Mazurki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316865_086c9e.jpg)
Mike Mazurki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Vic Tayback](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455772_7d22a6.jpg)
Vic Tayback
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Bullitt (1968)
![Roy Jenson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634756_ef974f.jpg)
Roy Jenson
Canada
Best movies:
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
![Raymond Bailey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000237_abd29f.jpg)
Raymond Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Vertigo (1958)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
![Sheila Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/476/160476620_c8e8a1.gif)
Sheila Allen
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ronald Long
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Scott Seaton
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Alan Caillou](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/885/161885253_a6a7a9.gif)
Alan Caillou
UK
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Hedley Mattingly
UK
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
King Rat (1965)
Columbo (1971) (series)