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Advance to the Rear

1964 · 1h 37m · Comedy, War, Western

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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.

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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)

Details

Director

George Marshall

Released

June 10, 1964

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Comedy, War, Western

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.2 / 10 from 13 votes