Advance to the Rear (DVD)

In the war between the blue and the gray, one soldier is yellow! When a cantankerous Union colonel is labeled a coward after his horse bolts for the rear, the brass puts him in command of a company of the brainless and brawn less and sends them all West. The idea is to keep the misfits out of action. Instead, they ride straight into slapstick encounters with a pretty spy, a passel of happy-go-lucky harlots, a shipment of Union gold and a wily band of Johnny Rebs. Destry Rides Again director George Marshall takes the reins of another frontier comedy and brings a dandy cast with him: Glenn Ford, Melvyn Douglas and a rowdy roster of Hollywood character stars that stretches from Jim Backus to Joan Blondell.

Starring: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Alan Hale Jr., Yvonne Craig, Michael Pate, Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Jr., Andrew Prine, Jesse Pearson, James Griffith, Whit Bissell

Director: Ted Richmond