Five Weeks in a Balloon

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)