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Advance to the Rear is an American western first released in 1964,
directed by George Marshall.
The film is based on a novel by William Chamberlain and Jack Schaefer and stars Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus and Joan Blondell.
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Credits
- Director: George Marshall
- Script: William Bowers, Robert Carson, William Chamberlain (novel), Samuel A. Peeples, Jack Schaefer (novel)
- Photo: Milton R. Krasner
- Music: Randy Sparks
- 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), Richard Adams (Courier), Robert Anderson (Steamboat Captain), Ann Blake (Member of the Law Order League), Joe Brooks (Pvt. Luke Bannerman), Robert Carson (Col. Holbert), Yvonne Craig (Ora), John Daheim (Loafer), Reginald Denny, Britta Ekman (Greta), Peter Ford (Townsman), Preston Foster (Gen. Bateman, CSA), Sugar Geise (Mamie), Barnaby Hale (Lieutenant), Kathryn Hart (Member of the Law Order League), Charles Horvath (Pvt. Jones), Clegg Hoyt (Loafer), Linda Jones (Junie), Paul Langton (Maj. Forsythe), Mary LeBow (Mary), Frank Mitchell (Pvt. Belmont), Gregg Palmer (Gambler), Allen Pinson (Pvt. Long), Janos Prohaska (Flag Pole Sitter), Eddie Quillan (Sgt. Smitty (CSA)), Chuck Roberson (Monk), J. Lewis Smith (Pvt. Fergus ’Slasher’ O’Toole), Paul Smith (Lieutenant), Harvey Stephens (Gen. Dunlop), Towyna Thomas (Head of the Law Order League), Bill Troy (Pvt. Jim Fulton), Sailor Vincent (Deck Hand), Ken Wales (Aide), Harlan Warde (Maj. Hayward (CSA))
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 100 min; B&W
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