Movie · 1964
Advance to the Rear
Released 10 June 1964 More from 1964 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Preston Foster
as Gen. Bateman (uncredited)
Joan Blondell
as Easy Jenny
Whit Bissell
as Capt. Queeg
Paul Langton
as Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)
Michael Pate
as Thin Elk
Alan Hale Jr.
as Sgt. Beauregard Davis
Hal Needham
as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Prine
as Pvt. Owen Selous
Yvonne Craig
as Ora (uncredited)
Stella Stevens
as Martha Lou Williams
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Preston Foster — oldest on the call sheet
25Stella Stevens — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast