Glenn Ford
Capt. Jared Heath
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Advance to the Rear: Directed by George Marshall. With Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus. When A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.
- (910)
- Comedy, War, Western
- George Marshall
- 1964-04-10
Advance to the Rear is a light-hearted 1964 American Western comedy film set in the American Civil War. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, and Melvyn Douglas.
Advance to the Rear (1964) is sure to entertain anyone who enjoys comedies that poke fun at Army life. The plot has a Union Cavalry unit of misfits sent on a top-secret mission to the Western territory during the Civil War.
- George Marshall, Jack Barry, William Mcgarry
- Glenn Ford
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath (Glenn Ford) and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury (Melvyn...
- (5)
- George Marshall
- Western, Comedy
- Glenn Ford
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a company of Union infantrymen commanded by Colonel Claude Brackenbury receives an order to attack the Confederate positions. There is a mishap and the colonel's horse stampedes toward the rear of the front.
Jul 15, 2023 · Stella Stevens as Confederate spy Mary Lou Williams, working to help her comrades steal $2 million in Union gold in Advance to the Rear (1964) Review: A charming little comedy Western.
May 10, 2011 · Advance to the Rear (1964) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #AdvancetotheRear George Stevens directs this Civil War comedy about a group of Union Army misfits accidentally assigned to gold shipment...
- 3 min
- 12.5K
- Warner Bros. Classics
