Le retour d'André Hardy

Original title: Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958
Approved
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

550

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Mickey Rooney and Teddy Rooney in Le retour d'André Hardy (1958)

Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

550

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

7/10

Andy sputters to a close

As a way to tie up the loose ends of the series this average entry is a passable movie but the old spark is gone. Easy to see why this was the final film of the run.

The clips hearkening back to previous Hardy adventures (really just an excuse to remind the viewer that Judy Garland, Lana Turner and Esther Williams had appeared in the films) only emphasizes how modest this one is. Nothing against the actress who plays Andy's wife but it is too bad that they couldn't convince Ann Rutherford to return as Polly Benedict as Mrs. Hardy which any fan of the series expected.

For series fans a nice piece of nostalgia but that's about it.

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Oct 1, 2017
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Trivia
The flashback showing Andy reminiscing about giving Betsy Booth his music pin is actually a scene from Place au rythme (1939), a non-Hardy series collaboration between Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Rooney was called upon to dub "Betsy"over the name "Patsy," and it's obvious his lips don't match what he says.

Goofs
Andy is showing a fellow passenger on a an airplane his Carvel High yearbook. He mentions Betsy Booth (Judy Garland). Betsy Booth should not have been in the yearbook since she never went to Carvel High.

Quotes
Thomas Chandler: Stop talking like George Washington. Let's be practical.

Crazy credits
Instead of "The End," this film concludes with a title card saying "To Be Continued." But there were no further Hardy films and no continuation.

Alternate versions
Originally, the print ended as Mickey Rooney accepts a judgeship at Carvel and shows him on the judge's bench with the words "to be continued" superimposed on the frame at the end. This is the version currently shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, but it was for press previews only. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor changed their minds and decided not to continue the series, so the version released to the public simply ended without reference to Andy Hardy becoming a judge.

Connections
Features L'amour frappe André Hardy (1938)

Soundtracks
Lazy Summer Night
(1958)
Music and Lyrics by Harold Spina and Mickey Rooney
Played on a record and sung by an unidentified group at Beezy's party