Anecdotes

The cast never left England, with virtually all of their work done on studio sound stage sets, interspersed with African wildlife and scenery footage obtained by Miki Carter.

The first Tarzan film to be shot in color.

A 500-pound lion with whom Gordon Scott had worked for over a month tore open his leg (32 stitches).

Filmed in 1956 in the standard 4:3 flat ratio, theatrical showings in both USA & UK were usually more or less in the matted 16:9 version, but subsequent television showings have usually reverted back to the full screen flat version, as is the Warner Archive DVD-R release.

This film marked the return of the Tarzan franchise to M-G-M, its original home where Johnny Weissmuller had played the title character.