Hal Smith, playing Mr. Bleedwell, was perhaps best known at this stage in his acting career for playing the recurring role of Otis, the town drunk, on the TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960).
Oliver says he paid Haney $75 for the broken down Hoyt Clagwell tractor.
Adjusted for inflation, the $75 Oliver paid for the tractor would equal approximately $700 in the year 2023. The $8 Mr. Haney offers to credit Oliver would equal approximately $75.