''Andy Hardy's Double Life'' is a 1942

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directed by George B. Seitz. It was the thirteenth installment of MGM's enormously popular

Andy Hardy Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character best known for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer series of 16 films in which he was played by Mickey Rooney. The main film series was released from 1937 to 1946, with a final film made in 1958 in an unsuccessfu ...

film series starring

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as the title character. It was the feature film debut of

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. It was the last Hardy film to include the character Polly Benedict, Andy's long-suffering sweetheart, as well as the last to feature Ann Rutherford (who had taken over the role of Polly in the second film of the series).

Plot

Preparing himself for college life, Andy Hardy promises himself to put an end to his flirting ways and attempts to organize his finances by selling his old car. Things become complicated when his love interest Polly introduces him to a seductive psychology student, while his friends continue to delay the payment for his automobile. Andy also tries his best to help his sister Marian with her own relationship problems and takes an interest in assisting his father Judge Hardy with a complicated case involving an injured boy.

Cast

Lewis Stone Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American film actor. He spent 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was best known for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the studio's popular '' Andy ...

as Judge Hardy *

* Cecilia Parker as Marian Hardy * Fay Holden as Mrs. Hardy *

Ann Rutherford Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-born American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the An ...

as Polly Benedict *

Sara Haden Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was an American actress of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in 14 of the ...

as Aunt Milly Forrest *

as Sheila Brooks *

William Lundigan William Paul Lundigan (June 12, 1914 – December 20, 1975) was an American film actor. His more than 125 films include ''Dodge City (film), Dodge City'' (1939), ''The Fighting 69th'' (1940), ''The Sea Hawk (1940 film), The Sea Hawk'' (1940), ' ...

as Jeff Willis * Robert Pittard as Botsy *

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as "Tooky" Stedman *

Susan Peters Susan Peters (born Suzanne Carnahan; July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than twenty films over the course of her decade-long career. Though she began her career in uncredited and ingénue roles, she ...

as Sue

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $865,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,499,000."Top Grossers of the Season", ''Variety'', 5 January 1944 p 54
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