Advance to the Rear is a 1964 American western comedy movie directed by George Marshall and was based on the 1957 novel "Company of Cowards" by Jack Schaefer. It stars Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Whit Bissell and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.