Tin Tin and his dog Snowy make an appearance in the film.
Firstly presented as a short in the film market of Cannes Film Festival, it encountered such a success that a long feature version was immediately undertaken.
Resenting the iconoclastic vision of the character, the heirs of Edgar Rice Burroughs pressed charges to prevent any use what so ever of Tarzan's name in the film. That's why "Tarzoon" suddenly became "Shame", even in its French version. One can also notice there is no mention of the author's name in the credits.
Italian censorship visa # 67516 delivered on 11 December 1975.