Flight of the Lost Balloon

Name: Flight of the Lost Balloon
Genre: Adventure
Released: 1961-12-28
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Mala Powers, Marshall Thompson, James Lanphier

1961
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

4.5/10

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Adventure

A professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot air balloon to rescue a lost explorer, but a mysterious local villain named "The Hindu" commandeers the balloon for his own nefarious ... Read allA professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot air balloon to rescue a lost explorer, but a mysterious local villain named "The Hindu" commandeers the balloon for his own nefarious purposes.A professor is hired to navigate across Africa in a hot air balloon to rescue a lost explorer, but a mysterious local villain named "The Hindu" commandeers the balloon for his own nefarious purposes.

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

205

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This was the fifth and final feature to be produced by cinematographer Jacques R. Marquette. This was far more upscale than his previous four features including a longer running time and being shot in color and anamorphic widescreen. His career would continue for more than 25 years as a cinematographer.

Goofs
In the castle - notably in the scene with the gorillas - a switch-box and electrical conduit are clearly visible on the wall. The story takes place in 1878, long before such electrical equipment would have been installed.

Quotes
Hindu: Don't be misled. There could be a thousand cannibals beneath those fronds and you wouldn't see one. It was among these very trees that the unfortunate Frenchman Maison was murdered in 1845.
[picks up a piece of cheese]
Hindu: He was captured by the cannibals of the region and tied to the foot of a giant cocoa palm.
[begins cutting the cheese]
Hindu: Then the savage chief cut him slowly, limb from limb, and then literally tore the half-severed head from the body. Maison was only 26. Cheese?
[offers Ellen some cheese]