Advance to the Rear
“You've met the Rat Pack... now... meet the Mouse Pack!”
1964•1h 37m•5.2•Released
ComedyWarWestern
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.
Director
George Marshall
Writer
Samuel A. Peeples, William Bowers
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
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)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Ted Richmond
Recommended
5.9
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959
7.3
No Time for Sergeants
1958
6.8
Buck Privates
1941
5.8
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
6.6
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
6.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
6.8
Shoulder Arms
1918
7.1
The Alamo
1960
6.7
Major Dundee
1965
6.6
Go West
1940
6.4
Carry On Sergeant
1958
6.5
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
7.2
Blazing Saddles
1974
6.7
Boss Nigger
1975
8.1
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964
6.6
Hot Shots!
1991
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939
6.9
Shenandoah
1965
6.2
Alvarez Kelly
1966
Similar Movies
7
Salvador
1986
6.1
The Jayhawkers!
1959
6.8
Keoma
1976
5.9
Sahara
2005
5.2
Miles of Fire
1957
Homs - Syrie, la vie d’après
2025
6.9
Tears of the Sun
2003
6
The Rose and the Jackal
1990
7.5
Johnny Shiloh
1965
6.2
Johnny Mad Dog
2008
The Battle of Aiken
2005
10
Dreams of the Past
2022
6.9
Paradise Now
2005
5.8
Checkpoint
1998
6
Revenge of the Black Knight
1963
7.6
Beasts of No Nation
2015
6.3
Ride with the Devil
1999
6.5
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
6.5
Cows
1992
7
Timbuktu
2014