Film

Advance to the Rear

1964 · 1h 37m · Comedy · War · Western

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IMDb

5.9

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless Heath and Brackenbury must now lead a ragtag group on a classified mission to protect a transport for the U.S. Treasury. Complicating matters is Martha Lou Williams, a Confederate agent posing as a lady of the evening.

Glenn Ford

Capt. Jared Heath

Stella Stevens

Martha Lou Williams

Melvyn Douglas

Col. Claude Brackenbury

Jim Backus

Gen. Willoughby

Joan Blondell

Easy Jenny

Andrew Prine

Pvt. Owen Selous

Jesse Pearson

Cpl. Silas Geary

Alan Hale Jr.

Sgt. Beauregard Davis

James Griffith

Hugo Zattig

Whit Bissell

Capt. Queeg

Michael Pate

Thin Elk

Joe Brooks

Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Col. Holbert (uncredited)

Yvonne Craig

Ora (uncredited)

Britt Ekland

Greta (uncredited)

Preston Foster

Gen. Bateman (uncredited)

• George MarshallDirector
• William BowersScreenplay
• Samuel A. PeeplesScreenplay
• Ted RichmondProducer
• Milton KrasnerDirector of Photography

Release date

June 10, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Comedy, War, Western

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