The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

78 mins | Comedy, Music, Fantasy | April 28, 1945

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.

The Horn Blows at Midnight

78 mins | Comedy, Music, Fantasy | April 28, 1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Horn Blows at Midnight
Directors Raoul Walsh
Writers James V. Kern, Aubrey Wisberg, Sam Hellman

Cast

Jack Benny

as Athanael

Alexis Smith

as Elizabeth

Dolores Moran

as Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Allyn Joslyn

as Second Trumpeter / Osidro

Reginald Gardiner

as Composer / Archie Dexter

Guy Kibbee

as Radio Director / The Chief

John Alexander

as First Trumpeter / Doremus

Franklin Pangborn

as Radio Engineer / Sloan

Margaret Dumont

as Mme. Traviata / Miss Rodholder

Robert Blake

as Junior Pulplinsky

Ethel Griffies

as Lady Stover

Paul Harvey

as Hotel Manager Thompson

Mike Mazurki

as Bass Player / Humphrey Rafferty

Truman Bradley

as Radio Announcer

Murray Alper

as Hotel Bell Captain (uncredited)

Whit Bissell

as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

as Photographer in Heaven (uncredited)

Monte Blue

as The Chef (uncredited)

John Brown

as Lou the waiter (uncredited)

James Burke

as Policeman (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

as Trumpet player (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot

as Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)

Larry Rio

as Slippy Tompkins (uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

as Sherman Starr (uncredited)

Anabel Shaw

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Buddy Swan

as Kid (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

as Angel (uncredited)

Virginia Patton

as Party Girl (uncredited)