The Horn Blows at Midnight
The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
5.9
22 votes
1945
1h 18m
Comedy
Fantasy
Music
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.
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Top 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)
Whit Bissell
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)
Monte Blue
The Chef (uncredited)
John Brown
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
James Burke
Policeman (uncredited)Details
Status
Released
Release date
April 28, 1945
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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