"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."
Mickey Rooney
as Andy Hardy
Patricia Breslin
as Jane Hardy
Fay Holden
as Emily Hardy
Cecilia Parker
as Marian Hardy
Sara Haden
as Milly Forrest
Joey Forman
as Beezy Anderson
Jerry Colonna
as Doc
Vaughn Taylor
as Thomas Chandler
Frank Ferguson
as Mayor Benson
William Leslie
as Jack Bailey
Tom Duggan
as Councilman Warren
Jeanne Baird
as Sally Anderson
Gina Gillespie
as Cricket Hardy
Jimmy Bates
as Chuck
Teddy Rooney
as Andy Hardy Jr.
Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
as Jimmy 'Jim'
Pat Cawley
as Betty Wilson
Phyllis Douglas
as Girl #1 (uncredited)
Judy Garland
as Betsy Booth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lana Turner
as Cynthia Potter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Esther Williams
as Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Ogg
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Jane Burgess
as Stewardess (uncredited)
Aurania Rouverol
Characters
Van Alexander
Music
Red Doff
Producer
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Ridgeway Callow
Assistant Director
Robert Priestley
Set Decoration
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Sig Frohlich
Producer's Assistant
John Truwe
Wesley C. Miller
Recording Supervision
John Baxter Rogers
Editor
Urie McCleary
Harold E. Wellman
Director of Photography
Henry Grace
William W. Spencer
Edward Everett Hutshing
Screenplay
Howard W. Koch
Director
Robert Morris Donley