During African location filming with Miki Carter for this mostly studio-bound film, Gordon Scott got along well with some natives involved in the movie. A Masai warrior nicknamed him "Mtu Ule Na Panda Mitu Minegu" (Warrior Who Climbs Tall Trees).
During the location shoot, Scott won a bet by capturing and riding a wild giraffe for five minutes. Carter filmed this incident and it was included in the movie, as well as in the feature re-cut from an aborted TV series, Tarzan and the Trappers (1960).
Under constant pressure from the all powerful Production Code, still in control of film making at this time, even Cheetah wears a loin cloth.
M-G-M's studio mascot, Leo the Lion, has a cameo as a caged beast in the native village.
This was the final feature of producer Sol Lesser, ending a career that produced over one hundred features, including many other Tarzan features.