It was while filming this movie that Alan Hale Jr. got his casting call for Gilligan's Island (1964). He had to ride out of Zion National Park in Zion's Canyon, Utah on horseback to the highway and hitchhike to Las Vegas to fly out to the interview.
Within a year of this film's release, five cast members had become regulars on hit sitcoms: Alan Hale Jr. - Gilligan's Island (1964), Beverley Owen - The Munsters (1964), Edward C. Platt - Get Smart (1965), George Tobias - Bewitched (1964) and Bob Steele - F Troop (1965).