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.

• George MarshallDirector
• Samuel A. PeeplesScreenplay
• William BowersScreenplay

• 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)