Advance to the Rear (1964)
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.
- Released
- 1964-06-10
- Genres
- Comedy, War, Western
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- George Marshall, William Bowers, Samuel A. Peeples
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Glenn Ford as Capt. Jared Heath
- Stella Stevens as Martha Lou Williams
- Melvyn Douglas as Col. Claude Brackenbury
- Jim Backus as Gen. Willoughby
- Joan Blondell as Easy Jenny
- Andrew Prine as Pvt. Owen Selous
- Jesse Pearson as Cpl. Silas Geary
- Alan Hale Jr. as Sgt. Beauregard Davis
- James Griffith as Hugo Zattig
- Whit Bissell as Capt. Queeg
- Michael Pate as Thin Elk
- Joe Brooks as Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)
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