The placard on the desk identifies the news anchor as H. Wells. In 1904, H. G. Wells' novel Food of the Gods was released. The story is about an experimental substance that grows chickens to six times their normal size. This substance ends up entering the local food chain and soon other animals, such as rats and wasps, are growing to enormous proportions. It is then consumed by local children, who grow to forty feet tall.
Bert I. Gordon, director of The Amazing Colossal Man, adapted this novel twice: first as Village of the Giants in 1965 and second as The Food of the Gods in 1976.
Actor Lyn Osborn who played Sgt Taylor tragically died following an operation for a brain tumor at UCLA Medical Center, August 30, 1958 at the age of 32.
The following year, another producer created an almost identical shot to show the falling death of "The Giant from the Unknown" (1958).
As giant size Lt. Manning wreaks havoc in Las Vegas, several iconic hotels are shown...The Pioneer Club, The Dunes, The Sands, The Silver Slipper, and The Royal Nevada, none of which are standing today.