Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear
Release: 1964-06-10
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 5.0
Comedy
War
Western
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Britt Ekland
as Greta (uncredited)
Melvyn Douglas
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Jim Backus
as Gen. Willoughby
James Griffith
as Hugo Zattig
Preston Foster
as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
Hal Needham
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Alan Hale Jr.
as Sgt. Beauregard Davis
Whit Bissell
as Capt. Queeg
Michael Pate
as Thin Elk
Frank Mitchell
as Pvt. Belmont (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as Capt. Jared Heath
Stella Stevens
as Martha Lou Williams
Andrew Prine
as Pvt. Owen Selous
Jesse Pearson
as Cpl. Silas Geary
Yvonne Craig
as Ora (uncredited)
Paul Langton
as Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
as Monk (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
as Easy Jenny
