Trivia: Harold Sakata (Oddjob) was formerly a professional weightlifter and won a silver medal for the United States at the 1948 Olympics in London.
Trivia: Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who played King Cetewayo in the film is actually a real-life distant descendant of the very same Zulu king he was playing. Small wonder the producers decided to choose him to play Cetewayo.
Trivia: This is the movie that officially kicked off the Showa kaiju cinematic universe.
Trivia: The boots Clint Eastwood wears in this film are the same ones he wore in "Rawhide".