Advance to the Rear

1964 film by George Marshall
Movie film Q3220343
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Summary

Advance to the Rear is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (344 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: George Marshall[3]
  • Screenwriter: William Bowers[4]
  • Composer: Randy Sparks[5]
  • Genre: Western film[6], adventure film[7]
  • Cast member: Glenn Ford[8], Stella Stevens[9], Melvyn Douglas[10], Jim Backus[11], Joan Blondell[12], Andrew Prine[13], Alan Hale, Jr.[14], James Griffith[15], Whit Bissell[16], Michael Pate[17], Charles Horvath[18], Henry Wills[19], Joe Brooks[20], Preston Foster[21]
  • Producer: Ted Richmond[22]
  • Director of photography: Milton Krasner[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Color: black-and-white[26]
  • Country of origin: United States[27]
  • Publication date: April 10, 1964[28], April 15, 1964[29], June 18, 1964[30], July 15, 1964[31], July 24, 1964[32], July 27, 1964[33], August 1964[34], October 5, 1964[35], June 3, 1965[36], June 7, 1965[37]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[38]
  • Film editor: Archie Marshek[39]
  • Title: Advance to the Rear[40]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[41]
  • Duration: 97 minutes[42]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[43]

Why It Matters

Advance to the Rear is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema film id → 2408
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'simple']
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 119749
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    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 114087
    Producer → Ted Richmond
    Publication date → +1964-04-10T00:00:00Z, +1964-04-15T00:00:00Z, +1964-06-18T00:00:00Z +7
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