- Adaptation Displacement: There is not only a book (The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, written by the real John Henry Patterson) but an earlier film based on it (Bwana Devil, 1952).
- Aluminum Christmas Trees:
- Many of the scenes are quite accurate to the real Patterson's accounts, with the lions attacking the opposite side of the camp from where Patterson was camped out.
- The scene of one of them in the trap with the hunters shooting at it truly happened. The panicked hunters eventually blew out the lever that kept the door closed with their panicked shots, setting the maneater loose into the night.
- Awesome Music:
- Jerry Goldsmith was behind the film's score, giving us musical moments of adventure and dread, particularly the music used in the film's climax.
- Whilst lying in wait for the lions Patterson sings the traditional Irish ballad "The Old Orange Flute".
- Retroactive Recognition: Emily Mortimer makes her film debut as Patterson's wife.
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