One of the funnier aspects of the film is said to be its references to B-films such as Roger Corman's Teenage Cave Man (1958) and Gordon Scott Tarzan films.
Walter Scott | Gordon Brown | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Sir Walter Scott | Ridley Scott | Flash Gordon | Orson Scott Card | Tony Scott | Winfield Scott | Gordon Lightfoot | Dexter Gordon | Gordon Banks | Charles George Gordon | Robert Falcon Scott | Scott | Mike Gordon | Gordon Highlanders | Scott Brown | Ronnie Scott | Francis Scott Key | Scott McCloud | Scott Lobdell | John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon | Gordon | Winfield Scott Hancock | Randolph Scott | Peter Scott | Coretta Scott King | Seann William Scott | Scott Walker |
The actors who played Hercules in these films were Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Kirk Morris, Mickey Hargitay, Mark Forest, Alan Steel, Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Reg Park, Peter Lupus (billed as Rock Stevens) and Michael Lane.
Lesser's new Tarzan films were produced for RKO and starred Johnny Weissmuller and later Lex Barker and Gordon Scott, and Lesser devoted himself to these jungle adventures for the rest of his career.
This film was the sixth and final film in MGM's Tarzan series and was the studio's last Tarzan film until their 1958 release, Tarzan's Fight for Life, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Gordon Scott and Eve Brent.