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
James Griffith
as Hugo Zattig
Michael Pate
as Thin Elk
Paul Langton
as Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as Capt. Jared Heath
Stella Stevens
as Martha Lou Williams
Jim Backus
as Gen. Willoughby
Alan Hale Jr.
as Sgt. Beauregard Davis
Yvonne Craig
as Ora (uncredited)
Preston Foster
as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
as Monk (uncredited)
Melvyn Douglas
as Col. Claude Brackenbury
Joan Blondell
as Easy Jenny
Jesse Pearson
as Cpl. Silas Geary
Whit Bissell
as Capt. Queeg
Britt Ekland
as Greta (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
as Pvt. Belmont (uncredited)
Hal Needham
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Prine
as Pvt. Owen Selous
