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Advance to the Rear

5.219641h 37mMovieComedyWarWestern

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…

DirectorGeorge Marshall
WritersSamuel A. Peeples·William Bowers
ProducerTed Richmond

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Cast · Directed by George Marshall

GFGlenn Ford
Glenn Ford
Capt. Jared Heath
SSStella Stevens
Stella Stevens
Martha Lou Williams
MDMelvyn Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Col. Claude Brackenbury
JBJim Backus
Jim Backus
Gen. Willoughby
JBJoan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Easy Jenny
APAndrew Prine
Andrew Prine
Pvt. Owen Selous
AJAlan Hale Jr.
Alan Hale Jr.
Sgt. Beauregard Davis
JGJames Griffith
James Griffith
Hugo Zattig
WBWhit Bissell
Whit Bissell
Capt. Queeg
MPMichael Pate
Michael Pate
Thin Elk
JBJoe Brooks
Joe Brooks
Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)
RC
Robert Carson
Col. Holbert (uncredited)

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