did you know?

1. * When Koura says his unintelligible magic spells the caption reads, "SSFUP AOCOC ROF OOKCUC MI" (IM CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUFFS backwards); and subsequently, "TTIBBAR YLLIS. YLNO SDIK ROFERA XIRT" (TRIX ARE FOR KIDS ONLY. SILLY RABBIT)
   

2. * Harryhausen paid tribute to one of his inspirations, 'The Thief of Baghdad (1940)', with this film. Both had the same composer, and Kali's dance copies many moves of the six-armed robot in the 1940 film.