Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

97 mins | Comedy, War, Western | June 10, 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.

Advance to the Rear

97 mins | Comedy, War, Western | June 10, 1964

Advance to the Rear
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Advance to the Rear
Directors George Marshall
Writers William Bowers, Samuel A. Peeples

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)

Robert Carson

as Col. Holbert (uncredited)

Yvonne Craig

as Ora (uncredited)

Britt Ekland

as Greta (uncredited)

Preston Foster

as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)

Charles Horvath

as Pvt. Jones (uncredited)

Paul Langton

as Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

as Pvt. Belmont (uncredited)

Hal Needham

as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

as Monk (uncredited)