Flight of the Lost Balloon
| Flight of the Lost Balloon | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Nathan Juran |
| Written by | Nathan Juran |
| Starring | Mala Powers |
| Cinematography | Jacques Marquette |
Production company | |
Release dates | December 28, 1961 |
Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Flight of the Lost Balloon is a 1961 film produced, written and directed by Nathan Juran that was filmed in Puerto Rico.[1] It stars Mala Powers and Marshall Thompson[2] with the working title being Cleopatra and the Cyclops.[3]
The film was inspired by Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon and beat the major Irwin Allen film release of the book to the cinemas.[4] However the name of Jules Verne was dropped and was nowhere to be found in the credits, though the name of Verne's balloon, the Victoria remained.
As a promotional gimmick people who bought tickets for the film were given a "motion sickness pill".[5]
Cast
- Mala Powers as Ellen Burton
- Marshall Thompson as Doctor Joseph Faraday
- James Lanphier as The Hindu
- Douglas Kennedy as Sir Hubert Warrington
- Robert W. Gillette as Sir Adam Burton
- Felipe Birriel as Golan
- Leo Ledbetter as The Witch Doctor (and two other roles)[6]
References
- ↑ p. 206 Weaver, Tom Jacque Marquette Interview in Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews McFarland, 2003
- ↑ http://allmovie.com/work/flight-of-the-lost-balloon-91742
- ↑ p.234 Taves, Brian, Michaluk, Stephen & Baxter, Edward The Jules Verne Encyclopedia Scarecrow Press, 1996
- ↑ p.234 Taves, Brian, Michaluk, Stephen & Baxter, Edward The Jules Verne Encyclopedia Scarecrow Press, 1996
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054883/
- ↑ "New York Beat," Jet 13 Jun 1963
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