
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.
Release Date: 1964-06-10
Comedy
War
Western
★★★★★★★★★★ (12 votes)
Casts

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