Release Date
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Original Release
June 10, 1964
1h 37m
Advance to the Rear (1964)
⭐ 5.297 min
Overview
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.
Director
George Marshall
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.9
Cast
Glenn Ford
Capt. Jared Heath
⭐1.6
Stella Stevens
Martha Lou Williams
⭐2.2
Melvyn Douglas
Col. Claude Brackenbury
⭐1.3
Jim Backus
Gen. Willoughby
⭐1.8
Joan Blondell
Easy Jenny
⭐1.4
Andrew Prine
Pvt. Owen Selous
⭐1.7
Jesse Pearson
Cpl. Silas Geary
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Alan Hale Jr.
Sgt. Beauregard Davis
⭐1.6
James Griffith
Hugo Zattig
⭐1.6
Whit Bissell
Capt. Queeg
⭐1.6
Genres
ComedyWarWestern
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