Advance to the Rear

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.

CAST

Glenn FordCapt. Jared Heath

Stella StevensMartha Lou Williams

Melvyn DouglasCol. Claude Brackenbury

Jim BackusGen. Willoughby

Joan BlondellEasy Jenny

Andrew PrinePvt. Owen Selous

Jesse PearsonCpl. Silas Geary

Alan Hale Jr.Sgt. Beauregard Davis

James GriffithHugo Zattig

Whit BissellCapt. Queeg

Michael PateThin Elk

Joe BrooksPvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)

Robert CarsonCol. Holbert (uncredited)

Yvonne CraigOra (uncredited)

Britt EklandGreta (uncredited)