Despite the title, tear gas is not mentioned until five minutes before the end of this film, it is not used until two minutes before the end, and there is no actual tear gas squad. Tear gas is just a weapon coincidentally used by regular police offers.
A dozen years later, George Reeves and John Hamilton are reunited on TV's The Adventures of Superman.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Thursday 20 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Albuquerque Monday 1 October 1956 on KOAT (Channel 7), in Bellingham WA Wednesday 26 October 1956 on KVOS (Channel 12), in Sacramento CA Tuesday 6 November 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Boston Wednesday 14 November 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Salt Lake City Tuesday 15 January 1957 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Indianapolis Sunday 6 March 1957 on WFBM (Channel 6).