The Horn Blows at Midnight
28/04/1945
1h 18m



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.
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)


Sidney Miller
Trumpet player (uncredited)


Francis Pierlot
Personnel Manager in Heaven (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Slippy Tompkins (uncredited)


Harry Rosenthal
Sherman Starr (uncredited)


Anabel Shaw
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Buddy Swan
Kid (uncredited)


Betty Alexander
Angel (uncredited)


Virginia Patton
Party Girl (uncredited)
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