Advance to the Rear
You've met the Rat Pack... now... meet the Mouse Pack!
1964 | 97m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George Marshall |
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| Writer: | William Bowers, Samuel A. Peeples |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Jun 10, 1964 |
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| Director: | George Marshall |
| Writer: | William Bowers, Samuel A. Peeples |
| Genres: | War, Comedy, Western |
| Keywords | civil war |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Glenn Ford | Capt. Jared Heath |
| Stella Stevens | Martha Lou Williams |
| Melvyn Douglas | Col. Claude Brackenbury |
| Jim Backus | Gen. Willoughby |
| Joan Blondell | Easy Jenny |
| Andrew Prine | Pvt. Owen Selous |
| Jesse Pearson | Cpl. Silas Geary |
| Alan Hale Jr. | Sgt. Beauregard Davis |
| James Griffith | Hugo Zattig |
| Whit Bissell | Capt. Queeg |
| Michael Pate | Thin Elk |
| Joe Brooks | Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited) |
| Robert Carson | Col. Holbert (uncredited) |
| Yvonne Craig | Ora (uncredited) |
| Britt Ekland | Greta (uncredited) |
| Preston Foster | Gen. Bateman (uncredited) |
| Charles Horvath | Pvt. Jones (uncredited) |
| Paul Langton | Maj. Forsythe (uncredited) |
| Frank Mitchell | Pvt. Belmont (uncredited) |
| Hal Needham | Rebel Soldier (uncredited) |
| Chuck Roberson | Monk (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Marshall | Director |
| William Bowers | Screenplay |
| Samuel A. Peeples | Screenplay |
| Randy Sparks | Music |
| Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ted Richmond | Producer |
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