The Horn Blows at Midnight
Comedy | Fantasy
5.8
Release Date
April 28, 1945
Duration
78 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Athanael
Jack Benny
Elizabeth
Alexis Smith
Violinist / Fran Blackstone
Dolores Moran
Second Trumpeter / Osidro
Allyn Joslyn
Composer / Archie Dexter
Reginald Gardiner
Radio Director / The Chief
Guy Kibbee
First Trumpeter / Doremus
John Alexander
Radio Engineer / Sloan
Franklin Pangborn
Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder
Margaret Dumont
Junior Pulplinsky
Robert Blake
Lady Stover
Ethel Griffies
Hotel Manager Thompson
Paul Harvey
Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty
Mike Mazurki
Radio Announcer
Truman Bradley
Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
The Chef (uncredited)
Monte Blue
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
John Brown
Policeman (uncredited)
James Burke
Trumpet player (uncredited)
Sidney Miller
Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)
Francis Pierlot
Slippy Tompkins (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Sherman Starr (uncredited)
Harry Rosenthal
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Anabel Shaw
Kid (uncredited)
Buddy Swan
Angel (uncredited)
Betty Alexander
Party Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Patton
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