The Horn Blows at Midnight
“The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!”
1945•NR•1h 18m•5.9•Released
ComedyFantasyMusic
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Sam Hellman, James V. Kern
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Jack Benny
Athanael
Alexis Smith
Elizabeth
Dolores Moran
Violinist / Fran Blackstone
Allyn Joslyn
Second Trumpeter / Osidro
Reginald Gardiner
Composer / Archie Dexter
Guy Kibbee
Radio Director / The Chief
John Alexander
First Trumpeter / Doremus
Franklin Pangborn
Radio Engineer / Sloan
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Robert Blake
Junior Pulplinsky
Ethel Griffies
Lady Stover
Paul Harvey
Hotel Manager Thompson
Mike Mazurki
Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
Truman Bradley
Radio Announcer
Murray Alper
Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
Mark Hellinger
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