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Advance to the Rear

Duration:

100 min | Canada:97 min (Ontario)

Genres:

Comedy | War | Western

IMDB rate:

Director:

George Marshall

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Glenn Ford

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 (uncredited)

Leon Alton

Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Anderson

Steamboat Captain (uncredited)

Ann Blake

Member of the Law & Order League (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Trooper (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

Pvt. Luke Bannerman (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

Officer at Court Marshal (uncredited)

Robert Carson

Col. Holbert (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

Renegade (uncredited)

Yvonne Craig

Ora (uncredited)

John Daheim

Loafer (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Mayor (uncredited)

James Dime

Deckhand (uncredited)

Britt Ekland

Greta (uncredited)

Peter Ford

Townsman (uncredited)

Preston Foster

Gen. Bateman (uncredited)

Sugar Geise

Mamie (uncredited)

Barnaby Hale

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Kathryn Hart

Member of the Law & Order League (uncredited)

Charles Horvath

Pvt. Jones (uncredited)

Clegg Hoyt

Loafer (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Deck Hand (uncredited)

Linda Jones

Junie (uncredited)

Cherokee Landrum

Trooper (uncredited)

Paul Langton

Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)

Mary LeBow

Mary (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

Pvt. Belmont (uncredited)

Hal Needham

Rebel Soldier (uncredited)

Gregg Palmer

Gambler (uncredited)

Jack Perkins

Renegade (uncredited)

Janos Prohaska

Flagpole Sitter (uncredited)

Eddie Quillan

Sgt. Smitty (uncredited)

Tony Regan

Officer at Court Marshal (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Monk (uncredited)

Danny Sands

Renegade (uncredited)

Ted Smile

Townsman (uncredited)

J. Lewis Smith

Pvt. Fergus 'Slasher' O'Toole (uncredited)

Milan Smith

Trooper (uncredited)

Paul Smith

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Harvey Stephens

Gen. Dunlop (uncredited)

Towyna Thomas

Head of the Law & Order League (uncredited)

Bill Troy

Pvt. Jim Fulton (uncredited)

Ken Wales

Aide (uncredited)

Harlan Warde

Maj. Hayward (CSA)

Henry Wills

Pvt. Long (uncredited)

Al Wyatt Sr.

Renegade (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Roddy McDowall originally announced for supporting role that went to Andrew Prine.

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The steamboat used in this movie was originally built and used as the Cotton Blossom, in MGM's Show Boat (1951). It was also used in Raintree County (1957) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960). In the 1970s, it was one of the props auctioned off by the studio.

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According to Gilligan's Island (1964) creator Sherwood Schwartz, he was having trouble casting the right actor for the part of the Skipper. Several had auditioned (including Carroll O'Connor) but Schwartz couldn't find the right guy. While he was having dinner in a Hollywood restaurant, he noticed Alan Hale Jr. dressed in a Civil War uniform, having dinner. Schwartz liked what he saw in Hale and began planning on casting him for the Skipper.

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Quotes

Martha Lou: Do you always just stand calmly by when you see a lady being molested?

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Martha Lou: All right. Let's say, just for the moment, that I am a spy.

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Martha Lou: Well aren't you something? First you break into my cabin with that disgusting display of animal lust. Then you accuse me of being a spy. And now all of a sudden, I'm the only girl in the world for you.

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