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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.
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- Comedy, War, Western
- George Marshall
- 1964-04-10
Box office. $1,100,000 (US/ Canada) [1] 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. The film is based on the 1957 novel Company of Cowards by Jack Schaefer, whose inspiration was an article by ...
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Advance To The Rear (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Whole Purpose Of This War Union Captain Heath (Glenn Ford) is upbraided by his superior, by-the-book career officer and General Brackenby (Melvyn Douglas), for rocking the boat by taking prisoners, when fighting ensues, and he has a further chat with his goofy Sergeant Davis (Alan Hale Jr.), early in the MGM Civil War comedy Advance To The Rear, 1964.
- George Marshall, Jack Barry, William Mcgarry
- Glenn Ford
Advertise With Us. 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
Jul 15, 2023 · A Union captain (Glenn Ford) leads a company of misfits to guard a gold shipment from Confederate spies and Indians in this lighthearted film. Read the plot summary, cast, memorable lines and see photos of this charming little comedy Western.
Confederate guerrillas, led by Hugo Zattig and aided by renegade Sioux chief Thin Elk and his braves, capture Brackenbury and his soldiers as they are distracted by a group of naked women swimming in a nearby river. Without their weapons, horses, uniforms and gold, Brackenbury's men must come-up with a plan to escape their Sioux captors and ...
