Produced in 1942 but not released until 1944.
The $120 for the set of four new tires would equate to about $1,860 in 2021.
Tires were the first items to be rationed in the U.S. after its entry into WWII. The Japanese had overrun Malaya and the Dutch East Indies by March 1942, cutting off over 90% of the nation's natural rubber supply. Tire rationing began on January 5, 1942 and lasted until the end of 1945.
The $3,500 bribe would equate to over $54,000 in 2021.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Friday 26 October 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Boston Sunday 24 March 1957 on WBZ (Channel 4), in San Diego CA Saturday 18 May 1957 on KFMB (Channel 8), in Honolulu Friday 19 July 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in Philadelphia Saturday 17 August 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6).