Le bataillon des lâches

Titre original : Advance to the Rear

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Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, and Melvyn Douglas in Le bataillon des lâches (1964)

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Slapstick Comedy War Western

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.When A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.When A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.

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Sergeant Davis
(as Alan Hale)

James Griffith

Hugo Zattig

Whit Bissell

Capt. Queeg

Michael Pate

Thin Elk

Richard Adams

Courier
(non crédité)

Leon Alton

Waiter
(non crédité)

Don Ames

Townsman
(non crédité)

Robert Anderson

Steamboat Captain
(non crédité)

Ann Blake

Member of the Law & Order League
(non crédité)

Danny Borzage

Trooper
(non crédité)

John Bose

Townsman
(non crédité)

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Anecdotes
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 L'arbre de vie (1957) and Les aventuriers du fleuve (1960). In the 1970s, it was one of the props auctioned off by the studio.

Gaffes
In the scenes where the cannons fire 30 rounds, some of the cannons fire before their fuses are ignited.

Citations
Martha Lou: All right. Let's say, just for the moment, that I *am* a spy.
Heath: A very pretty one, too.
Martha Lou: That would make us enemies, Jared.
Heath: Yeah, of course it would. And, we'd be starting out at a point in marriage that takes some couples twenty or thirty years to achieve!

Bandes originales
Company of Cowards
Written by Randy Sparks (uncredited)
Performed by The New Christy Minstrels

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A B-movie masterpiece

I saw this movie in the basement movie studio of Ytterboe Hall (my freshman college dorm -- alas now only a memory) when it came out 37 years ago. After I got married and settled down, I started scanning the television listings regularly for it. After 20 years, one of the channels started showing it in the wee hours so I managed to tape it. 'Advance To The Rear' is a rare gem.

This movie was made during the short but glorious window of cultural innocence (between R & B and the Rolling Stones) when folk music was as popular as rock. The music is by Randy Sparks and sung by his New Christy Minstrals. The song 'Today' is from this movie.

Stella Stevens, as the Confederate spy, is gorgeous beyond description. Glen Ford plays the bemused hero trying to do things by the book admidst a collection of misfits ('We're a company of cowards and we've come to save the day.'). Jim Backus ('Gilligan's Island' and the voice of Mr. Magoo) leads a familiar cast of veteran supporting actors and actresses of the era. Did I mention that Stella Stevens is good looking?

'Advance To The Rear' is a B-movie masterpiece. One of those rare examples of everything coming together perfectly. For those of us who remember the era, it is also very evocative -- perhaps more so than any other movie of its time. It would be nice if whoever has the rights would release it, my VHS tape is getting a little flaky. By the way, they made an LP of the sound track. Now that be a major garage sale find.