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The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight
★ 5.9/10•1945•1h 18m•NR•Comedy•Fantasy•Music

The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!

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.

Raoul Walsh · Director

Sam Hellman · Screenplay

James V. Kern · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 18m
LanguageEN
Release DateApr 28, 1945

Actors

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Athanael

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Elizabeth

Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran

Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

Second Trumpeter / Osidro

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Composer / Archie Dexter

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Radio Director / The Chief

John Alexander

John Alexander

First Trumpeter / Doremus

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Radio Engineer / Sloan

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Junior Pulplinsky

Ethel Griffies

Ethel Griffies

Lady Stover

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Hotel Manager Thompson

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

Radio Announcer

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

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