Advance to the Rear

Overview

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.

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Top Cast

Glenn Ford

Capt. Jared Heath

Stella Stevens

Martha Lou Williams

Melvyn Douglas

Col. Claude Brackenbury

Jim Backus

Gen. Willoughby

Joan Blondell

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