Watch The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Official Trailer
The curfew blows at midnight but the laughs go on forever!!!
5.9 / 10 IMDb April 28, 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.
Director
Runtime
1h 18m
Release Date
April 28, 1945
Genre
Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
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)
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesAdvertisement
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