The Horn Blows at Midnight

Apr 28, 1945

1h 18m

★ 5.8

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

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.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Music

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Horn Blows at Midnight Trailers

Cast

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

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