- The balloon's Arab stopovers run on caricature: in the city of Hezak a credulous Muslim priest proclaims the American reporter a moon god, the sultan lays on a palace feast, and Peter Lorre plays Ahmed, an Arab slave trader offering a kidnapped girl for sale.
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
film · 1962 film by Irwin Allen
- Director
- Irwin Allen
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Distributors
- 20th Century Studios, Netflix
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Cast
- Cedric Hardwicke, Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre