Advance to the Rear (1964)
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Union Colonel Brackenby (Melvyn Douglas) and his second-in-command, Captain Heath (Glenn Ford), attempt to command a rather inept cavalry unit during the Civil War. General Willoughby (Jim Backus) heads them out West on assignment rather than allowing them to foul things up where it counts. They soon get involved with Martha Lou, a confederate spy (Stella Stevens) posing as a prostitute, and her boss, Jenny (Joan Blondell) as well as a group of renegades and an Indian chief. In spite of their ridiculous slapstick antics, they manage to carry out their mission. This comedy was based on Company of Cowards, a novel by Jack Schaefer. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Glenn Ford - Capt. Jared Heath
- Melvyn Douglas - Col. Claude Brackenby
- Joan Blondell - "Easy Jenny"
- Jesse Pearson - Corporal Geary
- James Griffith - Hugo Zattig
- Michael Pate - Thin Elk
- Kathryn Hart
- Bill Troy - Fulton
- Chuck Roberson - Monk
- Gregg Palmer - Gambler
- Clegg Hoyt
- Joe Brooks - Bannerman
- Towyna Thomas - Law and Order League
- Sailor Vincent - Deckhand
- Allen Pinson - Pvt. Long
- Frank Mitchell - Belmont
- Robert Carson - Col. Holbert
- Yvonne Craig - Ora
- Britt Ekland - Greta
- Preston S. Foster - Gen. Bateman
- Stella Stevens - Martha Lou Williams
- Jim Backus - Gen. Willoughby
- Andrew Prine - Pvt. Owen Selous
- Alan Hale, Jr. - Sgt. Beauregard Davis
- Whit Bissell - Capt. Queeg
- Robert Anderson - Steamer Captain
- Harlan Warde - Maj. Hayward
- Harvey Stephens - Gen. Dunlap
- Eddie Quillan - Smitty
- Paul Langton - Maj. Forsythe
- Charles Horvath - Jones
- Richard Adams - Courier
- J. Lewis Smith - Slasher O'Toole
- Ken Wales - Lieutenant's Aide
- Paul L. Smith
- Reginald Denny
- Barnaby Hale - Lieutenant
- John Day - Loafer
- Peter Ford - Townsman
- Sugar Geise - Mamie
- Director(s):
- George Marshall
- Writer(s):
- Samuel A. Peeples, William Bowers
- Producer(s):
- Ted Richmond
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